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playlike

playlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a play (dramatic production).

Adjective

playlike (comparative more playlike, superlative most playlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a play (dramatic production).
  2. Resembling or characteristic of play (recreational behaviour).

Forms of playlike

comparativemore playlike
superlativemost playlike

Origin of playlike

From play + -like.

Questions about playlike

What does playlike mean?
Playlike means resembling or characteristic of a play (dramatic production).
What part of speech is playlike?
Playlike is an adjective.

Words near playlike in the dictionary

  1. playleaders
  2. playless
  3. playlessness
  4. playlet
  5. playlets
  6. playlike
  7. playline
  8. playlist
  9. playlisted
  10. playlisting
  11. playlistism

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