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prayerish

prayerish adjective: characteristic of or inclined toward prayer; prayerlike or prayerful.

Adjective

prayerish (comparative more prayerish, superlative most prayerish)

  1. Characteristic of or inclined toward prayer; prayerlike or prayerful.
    • She had a prayerish voice.1935, The Tanager - Volumes 11-12, page 9
    • Others, I swear, crossed themselves at least mentally, and whispered a prayerish aside into their seidels.1941 -, Norman Alley, I Witness, page 175

Examples of prayerish in a sentence

  • The only number I liked was that prayerish affair.1960, Drum - Issues 105-117, page 63:
  • Or because the people who went there were in a prayerish mood and were more likely to take care of me?2018, Emma Shevah, Dara Palmer's Major Drama:

Forms of prayerish

comparativemore prayerish
superlativemost prayerish

Origin of prayerish

From prayer + -ish.

Questions about prayerish

What does prayerish mean?
Prayerish means characteristic of or inclined toward prayer; prayerlike or prayerful.
How do you use prayerish in a sentence?
The only number I liked was that prayerish affair.
What part of speech is prayerish?
Prayerish is an adjective.

Words near prayerish in the dictionary

  1. prayerful
  2. prayerfully
  3. prayerfulness
  4. prayerhouse
  5. prayerhouses
  6. prayerish
  7. prayerless
  8. prayerlessly
  9. prayerlessness
  10. prayerlike
  11. prayermaker

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