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kneelike

kneelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a knee.

Adjective

kneelike (comparative more kneelike, superlative most kneelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a knee.
    • It swims beautifully, and rather well, by kicking its manubrium — a kneelike veil within the bell.1968, Edward Flanders Ricketts, Jack Calvin, Between Pacific Tides

Forms of kneelike

comparativemore kneelike
superlativemost kneelike

Origin of kneelike

From knee + -like.

Questions about kneelike

What does kneelike mean?
Kneelike means resembling or characteristic of a knee.
What part of speech is kneelike?
Kneelike is an adjective.

Words near kneelike in the dictionary

  1. kneeless
  2. kneelest
  3. kneelet
  4. kneeleth
  5. kneelets
  6. kneelike
  7. kneeling
  8. kneeling before
  9. kneeling bus
  10. kneeling buses
  11. kneeling chair

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