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operalike

operalike adjective: resembling or characteristic of opera.

Adjective

operalike (comparative more operalike, superlative most operalike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of opera.
    • Working amplified in a small room for about 15 tables of listeners digesting their dinners, Ms. Racette made sounds that were strikingly darker: sometimes in a contraltolike belt, alternating between various purrs and growls, and at selected moments opening up fully in operalike climaxes.2007 November 10, Bernard Holland, “An Operatic Voice Retuned for Cabaret”, in New York Times

Forms of operalike

comparativemore operalike
superlativemost operalike

Origin of operalike

From opera + -like.

Questions about operalike

What does operalike mean?
Operalike means resembling or characteristic of opera.
What part of speech is operalike?
Operalike is an adjective.

Words near operalike in the dictionary

  1. operafy
  2. operafying
  3. operagoer
  4. operagoers
  5. operagoing
  6. operalike
  7. operalogue
  8. operalogues
  9. operameter
  10. operameters
  11. operance

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