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skeletonlike

skeletonlike adjective: like a skeleton.

Adjective

skeletonlike (comparative more skeletonlike, superlative most skeletonlike)

  1. Like a skeleton.
    • The myriads of tiny twinkling lights with their background of mysterious half darkness, the skeletonlike forms of the massive buildings, barely revealed, and[…]1913, Rex Stout, Her Forbidden Knight, Carroll & Graf, published 1997, →ISBN, page 167

Forms of skeletonlike

comparativemore skeletonlike
superlativemost skeletonlike

Origin of skeletonlike

From skeleton + -like.

Questions about skeletonlike

What does skeletonlike mean?
Skeletonlike means like a skeleton.
What part of speech is skeletonlike?
Skeletonlike is an adjective.

Words near skeletonlike in the dictionary

  1. skeletonizer
  2. skeletonizers
  3. skeletonizes
  4. skeletonizing
  5. skeletonless
  6. skeletonlike
  7. skeletonry
  8. skeletons
  9. skeletons in one's closet
  10. skeletons in one's closets
  11. skeletons in one's house

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