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sicklelike

sicklelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a sickle.

Adjective

sicklelike (comparative more sicklelike, superlative most sicklelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a sickle.
    • Stunned, I took the sicklelike corn knife Fowler thrust into my hands and let myself be herded out toward the cornfield.1979, Octavia Butler, Kindred

Forms of sicklelike

comparativemore sicklelike
superlativemost sicklelike

Origin of sicklelike

From sickle + -like.

Questions about sicklelike

What does sicklelike mean?
Sicklelike means resembling or characteristic of a sickle.
What part of speech is sicklelike?
Sicklelike is an adjective.

Words near sicklelike in the dictionary

  1. sicklebush
  2. sicklebushes
  3. sickled
  4. sicklefin lemon shark
  5. sicklefin lemon sharks
  6. sicklelike
  7. sickleman
  8. sicklemen
  9. sicklemia
  10. sicklemias
  11. sicklemic

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