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flutelike

flutelike adjective: resembling a flute or the sound of flute music.

Adjective

flutelike (comparative more flutelike, superlative most flutelike)

  1. Resembling a flute or the sound of flute music
    • That outlook is embodied in Ms. Collins’s nearly vibrato-less singing in a voice that is in prime condition as she slides from a pure flutelike soprano into a gutsier middle register.2007 February 15, Stephen Holden, “Singing Songs of Time, While Watching It Stand Still”, in New York Times

Forms of flutelike

comparativemore flutelike
superlativemost flutelike

Origin of flutelike

From flute + -like.

Questions about flutelike

What does flutelike mean?
Flutelike means resembling a flute or the sound of flute music.
What part of speech is flutelike?
Flutelike is an adjective.

Words near flutelike in the dictionary

  1. fluted giant clam
  2. fluted giant clams
  3. fluteful
  4. flutefuls
  5. fluteless
  6. flutelike
  7. flutemazepam
  8. flutemetamol
  9. flutemouth
  10. flutemouths
  11. fluteplayer

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