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sherrylike

sherrylike adjective: resembling or characteristic of sherry.

Adjective

sherrylike (comparative more sherrylike, superlative most sherrylike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of sherry.
    • Grillo, a minor white grape, is familiar to fans of Marsala, a sherrylike Sicilian wine that has lost favor over the years.2008 February 10, Howard G. Goldberg, “Tangy White for Shellfish”, in New York Times

Forms of sherrylike

comparativemore sherrylike
superlativemost sherrylike

Origin of sherrylike

From sherry + -like.

Questions about sherrylike

What does sherrylike mean?
Sherrylike means resembling or characteristic of sherry.
What part of speech is sherrylike?
Sherrylike is an adjective.

Words near sherrylike in the dictionary

  1. Sherrow
  2. Sherrows
  3. sherry
  4. sherry vinegar
  5. sherry vinegars
  6. sherrylike
  7. Sherrys
  8. sherryvallies
  9. Shers
  10. Sherston
  11. Shersty

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