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recitativelike

recitativelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a recitative.

Adjective

recitativelike (comparative more recitativelike, superlative most recitativelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a recitative.
    • There is recitativelike declamation, lingering melodiousness and rushes of busy passagework.2007 May 14, Bernard Holland, “A Performance Operatic in Its Scope (Opera Not Included)”, in New York Times

Forms of recitativelike

comparativemore recitativelike
superlativemost recitativelike

Origin of recitativelike

From recitative + -like.

Questions about recitativelike

What does recitativelike mean?
Recitativelike means resembling or characteristic of a recitative.
What part of speech is recitativelike?
Recitativelike is an adjective.

Words near recitativelike in the dictionary

  1. recitational
  2. recitationist
  3. recitationists
  4. recitations
  5. recitative
  6. recitativelike
  7. recitatively
  8. recitatives
  9. recitativo
  10. recitativoes
  11. recitativos

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