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madonnalike

madonnalike is the rare spelling of Madonna-like.

Meaning of Madonna-like

Adjective

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

Adjective capitalized: Madonnalike

Madonnalike (comparative more Madonnalike, superlative most Madonnalike)

  1. (rare) rare spelling of Madonna-like
    • […] still less was any face that rounded, Madonnalike softness in which the Indian sculptors had expressed the sanctities of lust.1969, Peter Dickinson, The Old English Peep Show, New York, N.Y.; Evanston, Ill.: Harper & Row, →LCCN, page 128
    • He [Paul Gauguin] was a religious man, and many of the women he painted had a Madonnalike quality.1970, Ann Raymond Campbell, “Paul Gauguin”, in Paintings: How to Look at Great Art, New York, N.Y.; London: Franklin Watts, →ISBN, page 116

Forms of madonnalike

comparativemore madonnalike
superlativemost madonnalike
comparativemore Madonnalike
superlativemost Madonnalike

Questions about madonnalike

What is madonnalike the rare spelling of?
Madonnalike is the rare spelling of Madonna-like.
What part of speech is madonnalike?
Madonnalike is an adjective.

Words near madonnalike in the dictionary

  1. Madonnabe
  2. Madonnabes
  3. Madonnaesque
  4. Madonnahood
  5. Madonnaish
  6. madonnalike
  7. Madonnamania
  8. madonnas
  9. Madonnawise
  10. madoqua
  11. madoquas

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