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friendlike

friendlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a friend.

Adjective

friendlike (comparative more friendlike, superlative most friendlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a friend.
    • Casting for the show started immediately, as Ms. Hilton invited prospective friends, male or female, to apply at her new Web site, ParisBFF.com. Twenty contestants will begin the show by living with Ms. Hilton in a house, where they will undertake tasks to prove their friendlike qualities.2008 March 15, Edward Wyatt, “Return From the Serious Life: Reality TV Has Paris Hilton Again”, in New York Times

Forms of friendlike

comparativemore friendlike
superlativemost friendlike

Origin of friendlike

From friend + -like. Doublet of friendly.

Words formed from friendlike

Questions about friendlike

What does friendlike mean?
Friendlike means resembling or characteristic of a friend.
What part of speech is friendlike?
Friendlike is an adjective.

Words near friendlike in the dictionary

  1. friendlier
  2. friendlies
  3. friendliest
  4. friendlihead
  5. friendlihood
  6. friendlike
  7. friendlily
  8. friendliness
  9. friendlinesses
  10. friendling
  11. friendlings

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