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riverlike

riverlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a river.

Adjective

riverlike (comparative more riverlike, superlative most riverlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a river.
    • Impounded reservoirs provide complex physical mixing characteristics, with upper regions providing a riverlike environment […]2008, John E Till, Helen A Grogan, Radiological Risk Assessment and Environmental Analysis

Forms of riverlike

comparativemore riverlike
superlativemost riverlike

Origin of riverlike

From river + -like.

Questions about riverlike

What does riverlike mean?
Riverlike means resembling or characteristic of a river.
What part of speech is riverlike?
Riverlike is an adjective.

Words near riverlike in the dictionary

  1. Riverlea
  2. riverless
  3. riverlessness
  4. riverlet
  5. riverlets
  6. riverlike
  7. riverling
  8. riverlings
  9. rivermaiden
  10. rivermaidens
  11. riverman

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