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formlike

formlike adjective: resembling a form (document to be filled in).

Adjective

formlike (comparative more formlike, superlative most formlike)

  1. Resembling a form (document to be filled in).
    • Terse, snappy, forceful letters should be used, rather than long, verbose, repetitive, unimpressive, formlike letters.1919, Charles Albert Meyer, Mercantile Credits and Collections

Forms of formlike

comparativemore formlike
superlativemost formlike

Origin of formlike

From form + -like. Cognate with German förmlich (“formal, official”).

Questions about formlike

What does formlike mean?
Formlike means resembling a form (document to be filled in).
What part of speech is formlike?
Formlike is an adjective.

Words near formlike in the dictionary

  1. FORML
  2. formless
  3. formlessly
  4. formlessness
  5. formlessnesses
  6. formlike
  7. formline
  8. formlines
  9. formo-
  10. Formofoss
  11. formol

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