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unpenguinlike

unpenguinlike adjective: not penguinlike.

Adjective

unpenguinlike (comparative more unpenguinlike, superlative most unpenguinlike)

  1. Not penguinlike.
    • Sitting unpenguinlike, with heads up high like ducks, they begin uttering honking calls as they paddle seaward.2011, Carl Safina, The View from Lazy Point: A Natural Year in an Unnatural World, Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN
    • Will you join me for dinner?” So we did, adjourning to the Bedlington dining room where we all had Chateaubriand with the best béarnaise sauce I've ever tasted. And two bottles of champagne. My employer was acting in a most unpenguinlike manner.2013, Lawrence Sanders, The Eighth Commandment, Open Road Media, →ISBN

Antonyms of unpenguinlike

Forms of unpenguinlike

comparativemore unpenguinlike
superlativemost unpenguinlike

Origin of unpenguinlike

From un- + penguinlike.

Questions about unpenguinlike

What does unpenguinlike mean?
Unpenguinlike means not penguinlike.
What part of speech is unpenguinlike?
Unpenguinlike is an adjective.

Words near unpenguinlike in the dictionary

  1. unpencilled
  2. unpenetrable
  3. unpenetrated
  4. unpenetrating
  5. unpenetrative
  6. unpenguinlike
  7. unpenised
  8. unpenitent
  9. unpenitently
  10. unpennable
  11. unpennanted

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