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laughlike

laughlike adjective: pertaining to or reminiscent of a laugh.

Adjective

laughlike (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to or reminiscent of a laugh.
    • The careless smile, like a bright banner borne:
      The laughlike merriment; the lip of scorn;
      And for a cloak, what is there that can be
      So difficult to pierce as gaiety?1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Chapter XII. Lady Marchmont’s Journal.”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 82

Origin of laughlike

From laugh + -like.

Questions about laughlike

What does laughlike mean?
Laughlike means pertaining to or reminiscent of a laugh.
What part of speech is laughlike?
Laughlike is an adjective.

Words near laughlike in the dictionary

  1. laughingthrush
  2. laughingthrushes
  3. Laughland
  4. laughless
  5. laughlessness
  6. laughlike
  7. Laughlin
  8. laughline
  9. laughlines
  10. Laughlins
  11. Laughman

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