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militarylike

militarylike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a military.

Adjective

militarylike (comparative more militarylike, superlative most militarylike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a military.
    • The inmates and two accomplices executed the breakout with militarylike precision, witnesses said.2009 August 9, Nicola Clark, “In Some Prison Breaks Across Europe, Helicopters Replace the File in the Cake”, in New York Times

Forms of militarylike

comparativemore militarylike
superlativemost militarylike

Origin of militarylike

From military + -like.

Questions about militarylike

What does militarylike mean?
Militarylike means resembling or characteristic of a military.
What part of speech is militarylike?
Militarylike is an adjective.

Words near militarylike in the dictionary

  1. military-industrial complex
  2. militaryese
  3. militaryism
  4. militaryisms
  5. militaryless
  6. militarylike
  7. militaryspeak
  8. militarywear
  9. militarywise
  10. military–entertainment complex
  11. military–industrial complexes

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