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harplike

harplike adjective: resembling a harp or the sound of harp music.

Adjective

harplike (comparative more harplike, superlative most harplike)

  1. Resembling a harp or the sound of harp music
    • And at first she made music closely related to his, often reflective, minor and modal; on piano or harp she played flowing, harplike phrases over a deep midtempo swing, and she worked with the bassist Jimmy Garrison and the drummer Rashied Ali from John Coltrane’s band.2007 January 15, Ben Ratliff, “Alice Coltrane, Jazz Artist and Spiritual Leader, Dies at 69”, in New York Times

Forms of harplike

comparativemore harplike
superlativemost harplike

Origin of harplike

From harp + -like.

Questions about harplike

What does harplike mean?
Harplike means resembling a harp or the sound of harp music.
What part of speech is harplike?
Harplike is an adjective.

Words near harplike in the dictionary

  1. harpings
  2. harpins
  3. harpist
  4. harpists
  5. harpless
  6. harplike
  7. harpmaker
  8. harpmakers
  9. Harpocrates
  10. Harpole
  11. Harpoles

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