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minuetlike

minuetlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a minuet.

Adjective

minuetlike (comparative more minuetlike, superlative most minuetlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a minuet.
    • But in this case he has used a combination of sound and movement to strip a minuetlike dance down to a tribal, almost animalistic ritual while still leaving its mannered veneer intact.2008 January 11, Roberta Smith, “Face Time: Masks, Animal to Video”, in New York Times

Forms of minuetlike

comparativemore minuetlike
superlativemost minuetlike

Origin of minuetlike

From minuet + -like.

Questions about minuetlike

What does minuetlike mean?
Minuetlike means resembling or characteristic of a minuet.
What part of speech is minuetlike?
Minuetlike is an adjective.

Words near minuetlike in the dictionary

  1. minuet
  2. minueted
  3. minuetic
  4. minueting
  5. minuetish
  6. minuetlike
  7. minuets
  8. minuid
  9. minuids
  10. minuity
  11. minul

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