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noncatlike

noncatlike adjective: not catlike.

Adjective

noncatlike (comparative more noncatlike, superlative most noncatlike)

  1. Not catlike
    • [...] so we'll go look out the window to see what's up and let her in (through the window), and the look on her face and her eyes is so...noncatlike...2001 February 9, Takenthra, “[Rant] Am I a dragon?(Warning: VERY long)”, in alt.fan.dragons (Usenet)
    • Anna held the cat for a long time. The cat clung to her and then fell asleep against her chest—a deep, noncatlike sleep of relief and exhaustion.2001, Denise Little, editor, A Constellation of Cats, New York, NY: DAW Books, page 74

Forms of noncatlike

comparativemore noncatlike
superlativemost noncatlike
alternative formnon-catlike
alternative formnon-cat-like

Origin of noncatlike

From non- + catlike.

Questions about noncatlike

What does noncatlike mean?
Noncatlike means not catlike.
What part of speech is noncatlike?
Noncatlike is an adjective.

Words near noncatlike in the dictionary

  1. noncatenative
  2. noncathedral
  3. noncatheterized
  4. noncatholicity
  5. noncationic
  6. noncatlike
  7. noncats
  8. noncattle
  9. noncausal
  10. noncausalities
  11. noncausality

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