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ovallike

ovallike adjective: resembling or characteristic of an oval.

Adjective

ovallike (comparative more ovallike, superlative most ovallike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of an oval.
    • Her nose soon flattened against her face as well, nostrils sealing shut as a black cross shape formed on her face, in the center of where her eyes were, as her head compressed and grew, turning more ovallike in shape2021 August 15, Scomrose, “Violence Acquired”, in Archive of Our Own

Forms of ovallike

comparativemore ovallike
superlativemost ovallike

Origin of ovallike

From oval + -like.

Questions about ovallike

What does ovallike mean?
Ovallike means resembling or characteristic of an oval.
What part of speech is ovallike?
Ovallike is an adjective.

Words near ovallike in the dictionary

  1. ovalize
  2. ovalized
  3. ovalizes
  4. ovalizing
  5. Ovalle
  6. ovallike
  7. ovalling
  8. ovally
  9. ovalness
  10. ovalocyte
  11. ovalocytes

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