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gazellelike

gazellelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a gazelle.

Adjective

gazellelike (comparative more gazellelike, superlative most gazellelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a gazelle.
    • The second-cast Ms. Pastastico was the first woman I had seen dance this solo; with her gazellelike jump, she was also the most exciting since Mr Parsons himself in the 1980s.2007 November 5, Alastair Macaulay, “Turning 50 With Wit and Youthful Vigor to Spare (So Who Needs Gimmicks?)”, in New York Times

Forms of gazellelike

comparativemore gazellelike
superlativemost gazellelike

Origin of gazellelike

From gazelle + -like.

Questions about gazellelike

What does gazellelike mean?
Gazellelike means resembling or characteristic of a gazelle.
What part of speech is gazellelike?
Gazellelike is an adjective.

Words near gazellelike in the dictionary

  1. Gazelle Hound
  2. Gazelle Hounds
  3. gazelle in the garden
  4. gazelle on the lawn
  5. gazelled
  6. gazellelike
  7. gazelles
  8. gazelline
  9. gazelling
  10. gazels
  11. gazement

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