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ivorylike

ivorylike adjective: resembling ivory.

Adjective

ivorylike (comparative more ivorylike, superlative most ivorylike)

  1. Resembling ivory.
    • The waxen pallor of her face was almost spiritual in its ivorylike purity though her rosebud mouth was a genuine Cupid's bow, Greekly perfect.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC

Forms of ivorylike

comparativemore ivorylike
superlativemost ivorylike

Origin of ivorylike

From ivory + -like.

Questions about ivorylike

What does ivorylike mean?
Ivorylike means resembling ivory.
What part of speech is ivorylike?
Ivorylike is an adjective.

Words near ivorylike in the dictionary

  1. ivory-towerists
  2. ivory-white
  3. ivory-whites
  4. ivorybill
  5. ivorybills
  6. ivorylike
  7. ivorysmith
  8. ivorysmiths
  9. Ivoryton
  10. ivorytype
  11. ivorytypes

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