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thieflike

thieflike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a thief.

Adjective

thieflike (comparative more thieflike, superlative most thieflike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a thief.

Forms of thieflike

comparativemore thieflike
superlativemost thieflike

Origin of thieflike

From thief + -like.

Questions about thieflike

What does thieflike mean?
Thieflike means resembling or characteristic of a thief.
What part of speech is thieflike?
Thieflike is an adjective.

Words near thieflike in the dictionary

  1. thiefed
  2. thiefess
  3. thiefesses
  4. thiefhood
  5. thiefless
  6. thieflike
  7. thiefly
  8. thiefness
  9. thiefproof
  10. thiefs
  11. thiefship

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