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statespersonlike

statespersonlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a statesperson.

Adjective

statespersonlike (comparative more statespersonlike, superlative most statespersonlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a statesperson.
    • Since I do not find any of these proposals suitable, I am hereby announcing with pride that I have two rules which I believe represent a statespersonlike compromise:[…].1976 November 2, Roger L. Cooke, “Rules For Compromise”, in The Burlington Free Press, 150th year, number 307, page 10A
    • Congratulations for giving old Leif his due. And for doing it in such a statespersonlike way.1977 October 2, J. F. terHorst, “Yah? So’s yer old person!”, in Sunday Journal and Star, Lincoln, Neb., page 4A

Forms of statespersonlike

comparativemore statespersonlike
superlativemost statespersonlike

Origin of statespersonlike

From statesperson + -like.

Questions about statespersonlike

What does statespersonlike mean?
Statespersonlike means resembling or characteristic of a statesperson.
What part of speech is statespersonlike?
Statespersonlike is an adjective.

Words near statespersonlike in the dictionary

  1. statesmongers
  2. statespace
  3. statespaces
  4. statespeople
  5. statesperson
  6. statespersonlike
  7. statespersons
  8. Statesville
  9. stateswoman
  10. stateswomanlike
  11. stateswomen

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