madonna-like

Adjective capitalized: Madonna-like

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

1. Resembling or characteristic of the Virgin Mary.
   • My compartment was full and included a young woman of Madonna-like face (Jesus’ mother, not the singer) and wistful eyes—a sorrowful, haunting, beauty.2008, James McGee, “Army Years, 1960-1964”, in A 20th Century Life: Travels Through the Years, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 226
2. Resembling or characteristic of American singer-songwriter and actress Madonna (Madonna Louise Ciccone; born 1958).
   • Instead of letting her husky Madonna-like voice and the band’s accessible pop tunes carry the show, she [Louise Reny] worked the crowd like a Las Vegas comic, repeatedly asking fans to dance and clap.1986 December 27, Sharon Liveten, “Talent in Action”, in Billboard, volume 98, number 52, section “One To One”, page 37
   • Hester (“the Molester”) progresses from an exploited and exploiting child to a hippie folk singer to a Madonna-like pop singer who inverts the Virgin Mary imagery of the novel [A Prayer for Owen Meany] and who, like all the strong Wheelwright women, always behaves on her own terms.1991, “John Irving”, in Walton Beacham, David W. Lowe, Katharine McLucas, Charles W. Moseley, editors, Beacham’s Popular Fiction 1991 Update, volumes 1 (A–K), Washington, D.C.: Beacham Publishing...