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sluglike

sluglike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a slug.

Adjective

sluglike (comparative more sluglike, superlative most sluglike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a slug.
    • Sometimes they are semi-human, or half-animal, and again may have a completely grotesque aspect or a huge slug-like form.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 246

Forms of sluglike

comparativemore sluglike
superlativemost sluglike

Origin of sluglike

From slug + -like.

Questions about sluglike

What does sluglike mean?
Sluglike means resembling or characteristic of a slug.
What part of speech is sluglike?
Sluglike is an adjective.

Words near sluglike in the dictionary

  1. slugified
  2. slugifies
  3. slugify
  4. slugifying
  5. slugless
  6. sluglike
  7. slugline
  8. sluglines
  9. slugs
  10. slugs away
  11. slugs it out

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