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essaylike

essaylike adjective: resembling or characteristic of an essay.

Adjective

essaylike (comparative more essaylike, superlative most essaylike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of an essay.
    • He championed the essaylike novel mainly because Tanizaki appeared to overpraise the novel that had an interesting story to tell.1976, Makoto Ueda, Modern Japanese writers and the nature of literature

Forms of essaylike

comparativemore essaylike
superlativemost essaylike

Origin of essaylike

From essay + -like.

Questions about essaylike

What does essaylike mean?
Essaylike means resembling or characteristic of an essay.
What part of speech is essaylike?
Essaylike is an adjective.

Words near essaylike in the dictionary

  1. essaykin
  2. essaykins
  3. essaylet
  4. essaylets
  5. Essayli
  6. essaylike
  7. essays
  8. ESSCOM
  9. esse
  10. essed
  11. essedum

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