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jigsawlike

jigsawlike adjective: resembling a jigsaw puzzle in form or complexity.

Adjective

jigsawlike (comparative more jigsawlike, superlative most jigsawlike)

  1. Resembling a jigsaw puzzle in form or complexity
    • In this detailed, jigsawlike procedural, which cracks open the unsolved case of the symbol-mad killer who taunted and terrorized the Bay Area in the late '60s and early '70s, the thrill and confusion of the chase gives way to the slow burn and the haunting clarity of defeat.2009 January 2, Dennis Lim, “Journey of a Director, From Night Creature to Tender Time Traveler”, in New York Times

Forms of jigsawlike

comparativemore jigsawlike
superlativemost jigsawlike

Origin of jigsawlike

From jigsaw + -like.

Questions about jigsawlike

What does jigsawlike mean?
Jigsawlike means resembling a jigsaw puzzle in form or complexity.
What part of speech is jigsawlike?
Jigsawlike is an adjective.

Words near jigsawlike in the dictionary

  1. jigsaw puzzlers
  2. jigsaw puzzles
  3. jigsawed
  4. jigsawing
  5. Jigsawland
  6. jigsawlike
  7. jigsawn
  8. jigsaws
  9. jigtime
  10. Jiguan
  11. Jigyasa

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