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smilelike

smilelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a smile.

Adjective

smilelike (comparative more smilelike, superlative most smilelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a smile.
    • There is a smilelike strip of paint on the nose of each PSA plane. Indeed, the plane and the flight attendant advertise each other.1985, Arlie Russell Hochschild, The managed heart: commercialization of human feeling

Forms of smilelike

comparativemore smilelike
superlativemost smilelike

Origin of smilelike

From smile + -like.

Questions about smilelike

What does smilelike mean?
Smilelike means resembling or characteristic of a smile.
What part of speech is smilelike?
Smilelike is an adjective.

Words near smilelike in the dictionary

  1. smileful
  2. smilefuls
  3. smileless
  4. smilelessly
  5. smilelessness
  6. smilelike
  7. smileproof
  8. smiler
  9. smilers
  10. smiles
  11. smiles a thousand smiles

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