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grammarlike

grammarlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of grammar.

Adjective

grammarlike (comparative more grammarlike, superlative most grammarlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of grammar.
    • He argues that grammarlike conventions in storytelling alert the listener to connections between actions and scenic elements.1981, W. Lance Bennett, Martha S. Feldman, Reconstructing reality in the courtroom

Forms of grammarlike

comparativemore grammarlike
superlativemost grammarlike

Origin of grammarlike

From grammar + -like.

Questions about grammarlike

What does grammarlike mean?
Grammarlike means resembling or characteristic of grammar.
What part of speech is grammarlike?
Grammarlike is an adjective.

Words near grammarlike in the dictionary

  1. grammarized
  2. grammarizes
  3. grammarizing
  4. grammarless
  5. grammarlessness
  6. grammarlike
  7. grammarnazi
  8. grammarnazis
  9. grammars
  10. grammary
  11. grammas

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