sacklike
sacklike adjective: resembling a sack.
Adjective
sacklike (comparative more sacklike, superlative most sacklike)
- Resembling a sack.
- She wore a large, dowdy hat of black beaver, and a sort of slightly affected simple dress that made her look rather sack-like.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “Part 2, Chapter 8”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC, part II, page 195
- My knees grew weak until I sank, sacklike, onto my mother’s living room carpet.2002, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, chapter 10, in The Vine of Desire, New York: Anchor, page 120
- Synonyms:
- baglike
Synonyms of sacklike
Forms of sacklike
| comparative | more sacklike |
|---|---|
| superlative | most sacklike |
Origin of sacklike
From sack + -like.
Questions about sacklike
- What does sacklike mean?
- Sacklike means resembling a sack.
- What part of speech is sacklike?
- Sacklike is an adjective.
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