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shantylike

shantylike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a shanty.

Adjective

shantylike (comparative more shantylike, superlative most shantylike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a shanty.

Forms of shantylike

comparativemore shantylike
superlativemost shantylike

Origin of shantylike

From shanty + -like.

Questions about shantylike

What does shantylike mean?
Shantylike means resembling or characteristic of a shanty.
What part of speech is shantylike?
Shantylike is an adjective.

Words near shantylike in the dictionary

  1. shanty-keeper
  2. shanty-keepers
  3. shantyboy
  4. shantyboys
  5. shantying
  6. shantylike
  7. shantyman
  8. shantymen
  9. shantytown
  10. shantytowns
  11. Shantz

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