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storybookish

storybookish adjective: reminiscent of a storybook.

Adjective

storybookish (comparative more storybookish, superlative most storybookish)

  1. Reminiscent of a storybook.
    • The illustrations, by Michael Foreman, are a little pallid and storybookish, with at least one — a depiction of Grendel’s mother as a grass-skirted fashion disaster with scaly green breasts — that is apt to elicit snickers rather than shudders.2007 June 17, Charles Mcgrath, “Children’s Books”, in New York Times

Forms of storybookish

comparativemore storybookish
superlativemost storybookish

Origin of storybookish

From storybook + -ish.

Questions about storybookish

What does storybookish mean?
Storybookish means reminiscent of a storybook.
What part of speech is storybookish?
Storybookish is an adjective.

Words near storybookish in the dictionary

  1. storyboarder
  2. storyboarders
  3. storyboarding
  4. storyboards
  5. storybook
  6. storybookish
  7. storybooklike
  8. storybooks
  9. storyette
  10. storyettes
  11. storyful

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