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preacherlike

preacherlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a preacher.

Adjective

preacherlike (comparative more preacherlike, superlative most preacherlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a preacher.
    • The preacherlike man asked his friend, who had become silent.1988 May 13, Rod McCollom, “Fund-Raiser”, in Chicago Reader
    • Looking like no stranger to hard work, Jim was tall and lean with a deep, resonant, preacherlike voice and manner.2013, K. T. Berger, Where the Road and the Sky Collide, →ISBN

Forms of preacherlike

comparativemore preacherlike
superlativemost preacherlike

Origin of preacherlike

From preacher + -like.

Questions about preacherlike

What does preacherlike mean?
Preacherlike means resembling or characteristic of a preacher.
What part of speech is preacherlike?
Preacherlike is an adjective.

Words near preacherlike in the dictionary

  1. preacherize
  2. preacherized
  3. preacherizes
  4. preacherizing
  5. preacherless
  6. preacherlike
  7. preacherly
  8. preacherman
  9. preachers
  10. preachership
  11. preacherships

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