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instrumentlike

instrumentlike adjective: like an instrument.

Adjective

instrumentlike (comparative more instrumentlike, superlative most instrumentlike)

  1. Like an instrument.
    • For nonmusicians, it’s a way to coax sounds — often programmed to stay on key no matter what note one actually plays — out of what may be the only instrumentlike device they ever pick up.2009 October 1, Jason Turbow, “Tapping Your Inner Clapton”, in New York Times

Forms of instrumentlike

comparativemore instrumentlike
superlativemost instrumentlike

Origin of instrumentlike

From instrument + -like.

Questions about instrumentlike

What does instrumentlike mean?
Instrumentlike means like an instrument.
What part of speech is instrumentlike?
Instrumentlike is an adjective.

Words near instrumentlike in the dictionary

  1. instrumented
  2. instrumenting
  3. instrumention
  4. instrumentist
  5. instrumentists
  6. instrumentlike
  7. instrumently
  8. instruments
  9. insts
  10. instyle
  11. instyled

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