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shrewlike

shrewlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a shrew (mouselike mammal).

Adjective

shrewlike (comparative more shrewlike, superlative most shrewlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a shrew (mouselike mammal).
  2. Resembling or characteristic of a shrew (ill-tempered woman); shrewish.

Forms of shrewlike

comparativemore shrewlike
superlativemost shrewlike

Origin of shrewlike

From shrew + -like.

Questions about shrewlike

What does shrewlike mean?
Shrewlike means resembling or characteristic of a shrew (mouselike mammal).
What part of speech is shrewlike?
Shrewlike is an adjective.

Words near shrewlike in the dictionary

  1. shrewing
  2. shrewish
  3. shrewishly
  4. shrewishness
  5. Shrewley
  6. shrewlike
  7. shrewly
  8. shrewmice
  9. shrewmouse
  10. shrews
  11. Shrewsbury

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