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justice-like

justice-like adjective: resembling or characteristic of a justice or justice.

Adjective

justice-like (comparative more justice-like, superlative most justice-like)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a justice or justice.
    • […]: it is a wonderfull thing to ſee the ſemblable coherence of his mens ſpirits, and his, they, by obſeruing him, do beare themſelues like fooliſh Iuſtices: hee, by conuerſing with them, is turned into a Iuſtice-like ſeruingman, their ſpirits are ſo married in coniunction, with the participation...c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600...
    • He had grown quite fat, and had a very justice-like rotundity of body.1834 November, “My Classmates”, in The Southern Literary Messenger: Devoted to Every Department of Literature and the Fine Arts, volume I, number 3, Richmond: T. W. White

Examples of justice-like in a sentence

  • […]unless you give us a liberty-loving, justice-like looking platform, the ides of October next will find Sewardiism standing with both feet on the political grave of every Sam in the land.1855 June 13, “Speech of Thomas H. Ford”, in The Summit Beacon, volume 16, number 52 (whole 91), Akron, Ohio, published 4 July 1855:
  • […]I beseech and adjure you to hand me over the bosom and left leg of your capon, together with one French roll, and let me, justice-like, line my paunch therewith;1877 February 22, F. Bradnack, “A Ghost Story”, in Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, volume XLVI, number 15,211, Buffalo, N.Y., chapter VI (A...
  • The court house had thrown off her frowning, justice-like look, and reared her dome in quite a gay and festive manner, seemingly proud of her green draperies and patriotic ensigns.1886 October 13, “The Soldiers’ Reunion”, in The Perry County Democrat, volume 50, number 18, New Bloomfield, Pa.:
  • “Plagarism”^([sic]) is ignored entire in some cases, and in this we cannot expect anything more justice-like.1891 June 12, The Sayre Times, volume I, number 14, Sayre, Pa.:

Forms of justice-like

comparativemore justice-like
superlativemost justice-like
alternative formjusticelike

Origin of justice-like

From justice + -like.

Questions about justice-like

What does justice-like mean?
Justice-like means resembling or characteristic of a justice or justice.
How do you use justice-like in a sentence?
[…]unless you give us a liberty-loving, justice-like looking platform, the ides of October next will find Sewardiism standing with both feet on the political grave of every Sam in the land.
What part of speech is justice-like?
Justice-like is an adjective.

Words near justice-like in the dictionary

  1. justice delayed is justice denied
  2. justice is blind
  3. Justice of the Peace
  4. justice-impacted
  5. justice-involved
  6. justice-like
  7. justiceable
  8. Justiceburg
  9. justiceless
  10. justicelike
  11. justicement

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