a. Resembling air. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Like or suited to an alderman. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. [ AS. gelīce, onlīce. ] In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally;
a. [ AS. onlīc, gelīc; pref. ā + like. ] Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference. [ Now used only predicatively. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The darkness and the light are both alike to thee. Ps. cxxxix. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Like-minded. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. & adv. Resembling an angel. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. having an extensive gently sloping area of sand or gravel; -- of a shore or shoreline. Opposite of
a. Like a beast. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. [ Pref. be- (for by) + like. ] It is likely or probably; perhaps. [ Obs. or Archaic ] --
Belike, boy, then you are in love. Shak. [1913 Webster]
a. Resembling a bird. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Resembling a bishop; belonging to a bishop. Fulke. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. similar to a bladder.
a. Like a block; stupid. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. resembling bone. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
adj. same as boyish.
adj.
adj. resembling a bristle in stiffness.
a. In the manner of one transacting business wisely and by right methods; practical and efficient. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Like a cat; stealthy; noiseless. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
adj. resembling a cell. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
adj. having a form resembling a chain;
a. Resembling a child, or that which belongs to children; becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful. “Childlike obedience.” Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Childlike, as applied to persons grown up, is commonly in a good sense; as,
a. Becoming to a Christian. [ 1913 Webster ]
A virtuous and a Christianlike conclusion. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Resembling Christ in character, actions, etc. --
a. Befitting a church or a churchman; becoming to a clergyman. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. having a base shaped like a claw; -- of flower petals. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
a. Scholarlike. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. characterized by cliffs; -- of a shore or shoreline; -- contrasted with
a. Like a clock or like clockwork; mechanical. [ 1913 Webster ]
Their services are clocklike, to be set
Backward and forward at their lord's command. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. resembling a cloud.
a. After the manner of a court; elegant; polite; courtly. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Resembling a cow. [ 1913 Webster ]
With cowlike udders and with oxlike eyes. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
A deathlike slumber, and a dead repose. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. resembling a disk in shape; circular and having a height considerably smaller than the diameter.
v. t.
Every nation dislikes an impost. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
God's grace . . . gives him continual dislike to sin. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]
The hint malevolent, the look oblique,
The obvious satire, or implied dislike. Hannah More. [ 1913 Webster ]
We have spoken of the dislike of these excellent women for Sheridan and Fox. J. Morley. [ 1913 Webster ]
His dislike of a particular kind of sensational stories. A. W. Ward. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Full of dislike; disaffected; malign; disagreeable. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The want of likelihood; improbability. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To make unlike; to disguise. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Unlikeness. [ R. ] Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who dislikes or disrelishes. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Mild as a dove; gentle; pure and lovable. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Like a dragon. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. resembling a dream; vague or fantastic;
a. Resembling a fairy, or what is made or done be fairies;
a. Resembling a fan; --
a. Like a companion; companionable; on equal terms; sympathetic. [ Obs. ] Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. resembling ferns especially in leaf shape;