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spinsterlike

spinsterlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a spinster.

Adjective

spinsterlike (comparative more spinsterlike, superlative most spinsterlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a spinster.
    Synonyms:
    spinsterly

Synonyms of spinsterlike

Forms of spinsterlike

comparativemore spinsterlike
superlativemost spinsterlike

Origin of spinsterlike

From spinster + -like.

Words formed from spinsterlike

Questions about spinsterlike

What does spinsterlike mean?
Spinsterlike means resembling or characteristic of a spinster.
What part of speech is spinsterlike?
Spinsterlike is an adjective.

Words near spinsterlike in the dictionary

  1. spinsterian
  2. spinsterish
  3. spinsterishly
  4. spinsterishness
  5. spinsterism
  6. spinsterlike
  7. spinsterly
  8. spinsters
  9. spinstership
  10. spinstress
  11. spinstresses

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