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frontierlike

frontierlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a frontier.

Adjective

frontierlike (comparative more frontierlike, superlative most frontierlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a frontier.
    • Despite the ornateness of the Victorian architecture, there is a frontierlike rough-hewn charm to the town.1997, Mark Kurlansky, Cod, page 188

Forms of frontierlike

comparativemore frontierlike
superlativemost frontierlike

Origin of frontierlike

From frontier + -like.

Questions about frontierlike

What does frontierlike mean?
Frontierlike means resembling or characteristic of a frontier.
What part of speech is frontierlike?
Frontierlike is an adjective.

Words near frontierlike in the dictionary

  1. frontierism
  2. frontierist
  3. frontierists
  4. frontierless
  5. frontierlessness
  6. frontierlike
  7. frontierman
  8. frontiermen
  9. frontiers
  10. frontiersman
  11. frontiersmanship

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