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oratorlike

oratorlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of an orator.

Adjective

oratorlike (comparative more oratorlike, superlative most oratorlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of an orator.
    • This more or less conscious aim may get the better of the purely operational purpose of the meeting: thus, up to a point, one may become the witness of oratorlike contests, monologues or arguments, […]2013, Michael Hofmann, Monika List, Psychoanalysis and Management, page 24

Forms of oratorlike

comparativemore oratorlike
superlativemost oratorlike

Origin of oratorlike

From orator + -like.

Questions about oratorlike

What does oratorlike mean?
Oratorlike means resembling or characteristic of an orator.
What part of speech is oratorlike?
Oratorlike is an adjective.

Words near oratorlike in the dictionary

  1. oratorious
  2. oratorize
  3. oratorized
  4. oratorizes
  5. oratorizing
  6. oratorlike
  7. orators
  8. oratorship
  9. oratorships
  10. oratory
  11. oratour

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