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koanlike

koanlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a koan: cryptic, concise, thought-provoking, etc.

Adjective

koanlike (comparative more koanlike, superlative most koanlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a koan: cryptic, concise, thought-provoking, etc.
    • There is a koanlike suggestiveness to it all.2007 January 23, Dinitia Smith, “A Career in Letters, 50 Years and Counting”, in New York Times

Forms of koanlike

comparativemore koanlike
superlativemost koanlike

Origin of koanlike

From koan + -like.

Questions about koanlike

What does koanlike mean?
Koanlike means resembling or characteristic of a koan: cryptic, concise, thought-provoking, etc.
What part of speech is koanlike?
Koanlike is an adjective.

Words near koanlike in the dictionary

  1. Koalib
  2. Koalibs
  3. Koallah
  4. koan
  5. koanic
  6. koanlike
  7. koans
  8. koap
  9. koaro
  10. koas
  11. Koasati

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