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gamblerlike

gamblerlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a gambler.

Adjective

gamblerlike (comparative more gamblerlike, superlative most gamblerlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a gambler.
    • He had risked all his fortune on one cast of the die, and, gamblerlike, had lost everything.c. 1867, Anthony Trollope, The Claverings
    • I knew that if I failed it would kill my parents, who, gamblerlike, were staking their very existence on my success.2007, James Huneker, Melomaniacs

Forms of gamblerlike

comparativemore gamblerlike
superlativemost gamblerlike

Origin of gamblerlike

From gambler + -like.

Questions about gamblerlike

What does gamblerlike mean?
Gamblerlike means resembling or characteristic of a gambler.
What part of speech is gamblerlike?
Gamblerlike is an adjective.

Words near gamblerlike in the dictionary

  1. gambler's cop
  2. gambler's cops
  3. gambler's fallacy
  4. gambler's rot
  5. gambler's ruin
  6. gamblerlike
  7. gamblers
  8. gambles
  9. gamblesome
  10. gamblest
  11. gambleth

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