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cipherlike

cipherlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a cipher.

Adjective

cipherlike (comparative more cipherlike, superlative most cipherlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a cipher.
    • This is the only mention of swastikas, and it's as if Nersesian is making up the rules as he goes along — all too possible with a cipherlike narrator whose memory is shot.2007 December 9, Maud Casey, “Escape From New York, Nev.”, in New York Times

Forms of cipherlike

comparativemore cipherlike
superlativemost cipherlike

Origin of cipherlike

From cipher + -like.

Questions about cipherlike

What does cipherlike mean?
Cipherlike means resembling or characteristic of a cipher.
What part of speech is cipherlike?
Cipherlike is an adjective.

Words near cipherlike in the dictionary

  1. cipherers
  2. cipherhood
  3. cipherin'
  4. ciphering
  5. cipherings
  6. cipherlike
  7. ciphers
  8. ciphertext
  9. ciphertext-only attack
  10. ciphertext-only attacks
  11. ciphertexts

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