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mouselike

mouselike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a mouse (rodent); as, a mouselike squeak, mouselike timidity.

Adjective

mouselike (comparative more mouselike, superlative most mouselike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a mouse (rodent); as, a mouselike squeak, mouselike timidity.
    • Near-synonym: mousy
    Synonyms:
    micelike, mousy

Adverb

mouselike (comparative more mouselike, superlative most mouselike)

  1. (postpositional) In a mouselike way.

Synonyms of mouselike

Forms of mouselike

Adjective
comparativemore mouselike
superlativemost mouselike
Adverb
comparativemore mouselike
superlativemost mouselike

Origin of mouselike

From mouse + -like.

Questions about mouselike

What does mouselike mean?
Mouselike means resembling or characteristic of a mouse (rodent); as, a mouselike squeak, mouselike timidity.
What part of speech is mouselike?
Mouselike can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near mouselike in the dictionary

  1. mousekins
  2. mouseless
  3. mouselessness
  4. mouselet
  5. mouselets
  6. mouselike
  7. mouseline
  8. mouseling
  9. mouselings
  10. mouselook
  11. mousemat

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