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divertissementlike

divertissementlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a divertissement.

Adjective

divertissementlike (comparative more divertissementlike, superlative most divertissementlike)

  1. (rare) Resembling or characteristic of a divertissement.
    • Her confident, full-bodied playing was well suited to the D-Major Sonata, with its quasi-orchestral textures and long, divertissementlike structure (both of which Mozart surely derived from the keyboard style of JC Bach).1982, The New Yorker, volume 57
    • Both Caught and Ms. Tharps In the Upper Room (1986) are new to Pacific Northwest repertory, and whereas Kiss and Caught are slight and divertissementlike, In the Upper Room is an ensemble blockbuster.2007 November 5, Alastair Macaulay, “Turning 50 With Wit and Youthful Vigor to Spare (So Who Needs Gimmicks?)”, in New York Times

Forms of divertissementlike

comparativemore divertissementlike
superlativemost divertissementlike

Origin of divertissementlike

From divertissement + -like.

Questions about divertissementlike

What does divertissementlike mean?
Divertissementlike means resembling or characteristic of a divertissement.
What part of speech is divertissementlike?
Divertissementlike is an adjective.

Words near divertissementlike in the dictionary

  1. divertisement
  2. divertisements
  3. divertises
  4. divertising
  5. divertissement
  6. divertissementlike
  7. divertissements
  8. divertive
  9. divertor
  10. divertors
  11. diverts

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