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secretarylike

secretarylike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a secretary.

Adjective

secretarylike (comparative more secretarylike, superlative most secretarylike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a secretary.
    • They may be further stereotyped by being assigned secretarylike functions in groups or by being given jobs that reflect their presumed feminine capabilities […]1988, Gary N Powell, Women and men in management
    • The secretarylike job bored him, and he immediately requested a transfer to the gunnery division...2004, Neal Thompson, Light this candle: the life and times of Alan Shepard, America's first spaceman

Forms of secretarylike

comparativemore secretarylike
superlativemost secretarylike

Origin of secretarylike

From secretary + -like.

Questions about secretarylike

What does secretarylike mean?
Secretarylike means resembling or characteristic of a secretary.
What part of speech is secretarylike?
Secretarylike is an adjective.

Words near secretarylike in the dictionary

  1. secretarybirds
  2. secretaryess
  3. secretaryesses
  4. secretarying
  5. secretaryless
  6. secretarylike
  7. secretaryship
  8. secretaryships
  9. secretase
  10. secretases
  11. secrete

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