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wardlike

wardlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a ward.

Adjective

wardlike (comparative more wardlike, superlative most wardlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a ward.
    • They increased the authority of the Assembly and divided Attica into numerous small wardlike districts, the demes.2009, Don Nardo, Ancient Greece, page 97

Forms of wardlike

comparativemore wardlike
superlativemost wardlike

Origin of wardlike

From ward + -like.

Questions about wardlike

What does wardlike mean?
Wardlike means resembling or characteristic of a ward.
What part of speech is wardlike?
Wardlike is an adjective.

Words near wardlike in the dictionary

  1. Wardlaws
  2. Wardle
  3. Wardles
  4. wardless
  5. Wardley
  6. wardlike
  7. Wardlow
  8. Wardlows
  9. wardmaid
  10. wardmaids
  11. wardman

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