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marathonlike

marathonlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a marathon.

Adjective

marathonlike (comparative more marathonlike, superlative most marathonlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a marathon.
    • Some are short and to the point, like 10Ks, and some are mileage-heavy, requiring a marathonlike time commitment.2008 February 17, Nick Kaye, Hilary Howard, “Long Cruises: Too Much of a Good Thing?”, in New York Times

Forms of marathonlike

comparativemore marathonlike
superlativemost marathonlike

Origin of marathonlike

From marathon + -like.

Questions about marathonlike

What does marathonlike mean?
Marathonlike means resembling or characteristic of a marathon.
What part of speech is marathonlike?
Marathonlike is an adjective.

Words near marathonlike in the dictionary

  1. marathoning
  2. marathonist
  3. marathonists
  4. marathonitid
  5. marathonitids
  6. marathonlike
  7. marathons
  8. Marathwada
  9. Marats
  10. Maratta
  11. Marattas

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