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skewerlike

skewerlike adjective: like a skewer; long, thin, and sharp.

Adjective

skewerlike (comparative more skewerlike, superlative most skewerlike)

  1. Like a skewer; long, thin, and sharp.
    • The long, skewerlike dagger flashed and fell. The dealer struggled like a hen, striking his temple on the shelf, and then tumbled on the floor in a heap.1885, Robert Louis Stevenson, Markheim

Forms of skewerlike

comparativemore skewerlike
superlativemost skewerlike

Origin of skewerlike

From skewer + -like.

Questions about skewerlike

What does skewerlike mean?
Skewerlike means like a skewer; long, thin, and sharp.
What part of speech is skewerlike?
Skewerlike is an adjective.

Words near skewerlike in the dictionary

  1. skewered
  2. skewerer
  3. skewerers
  4. skewering
  5. skewerings
  6. skewerlike
  7. skewers
  8. Skewes
  9. Skewes' number
  10. Skewes' numbers
  11. Skeweses

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