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unlawlike

unlawlike adjective: not according to law; illegal.

Adjective

unlawlike (comparative more unlawlike, superlative most unlawlike)

  1. (obsolete) Not according to law; illegal.
    • It being therefore most unlike a law , to ordain a remedy so slender and unlawlike , to be the utmost means of all public safety or prevention , as advice is , which may at any time be rejected by the sole judgment of one man1649, J[ohn] Milton, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    unlawful

Synonyms of unlawlike

Forms of unlawlike

comparativemore unlawlike
superlativemost unlawlike

Origin of unlawlike

From un- + lawlike.

Questions about unlawlike

What does unlawlike mean?
Unlawlike means not according to law; illegal.
What part of speech is unlawlike?
Unlawlike is an adjective.

Words near unlawlike in the dictionary

  1. unlawfullness
  2. unlawfully
  3. unlawfulness
  4. unlawfulnesses
  5. unlawing
  6. unlawlike
  7. unlaws
  8. unlawyered
  9. unlawyerlike
  10. unlawyerly
  11. unlax

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