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vicelike

vicelike is the alternative spelling of viselike.

Meaning of viselike

Adjective

viselike (comparative more viselike, superlative most viselike)

  1. Extremely strong or tight, like the grip of a vise.
    • What they share, apart from their Texas roots, is a viselike grasp of hard-bop fundamentals and an easy affinity for funk.2009 January 9, Nate Chinen, “Jazz Listings”, in New York Times

Forms of vicelike

comparativemore vicelike
superlativemost vicelike

Origin of vicelike

From vice + -like.

Questions about vicelike

What is vicelike the alternative spelling of?
Vicelike is the alternative spelling of viselike.

Words near vicelike in the dictionary

  1. vicegerents
  2. vicegerentship
  3. vicegerentships
  4. viceless
  5. vicelessness
  6. vicelike
  7. viceman
  8. vicemen
  9. vicenarian
  10. vicenarians
  11. vicenaries

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