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cloudlike

cloudlike adjective: resembling a cloud or clouds; thus, often, fluffy.

Adjective

cloudlike (comparative more cloudlike, superlative most cloudlike)

  1. Resembling a cloud or clouds; thus, often, fluffy
    • Inside her chamber, the cushiony touch of her carpeted floor was cloudlike.1988 February 19, David Wasserman, “Lace Panties”, in Chicago Reader
    • This is the chapter where things get creamy, dreamy, and cloudlike. The Polish love of cheesecakes, meringues, and cream puff–style desserts is evidenced in every café, every bakery.2025 October 14, Laurel Kratochvila, “Ptysie, Bezy & Serniki: Choux, Meringues & Cheesecakes”, in Dobre Dobre: Baking from Poland and Beyond, San Francisco, Calif.: Chronicle Books, →ISBN

Forms of cloudlike

comparativemore cloudlike
superlativemost cloudlike

Origin of cloudlike

From cloud + -like.

Questions about cloudlike

What does cloudlike mean?
Cloudlike means resembling a cloud or clouds; thus, often, fluffy.
What part of speech is cloudlike?
Cloudlike is an adjective.

Words near cloudlike in the dictionary

  1. cloudless sulphurs
  2. cloudlessly
  3. cloudlessness
  4. cloudlet
  5. cloudlets
  6. cloudlike
  7. cloudline
  8. cloudlines
  9. cloudling
  10. cloudlings
  11. cloudly

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