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Definition of Doglike
1. Adjective. Resembling a dog; especially in devotion. "A doglike affection"
Definition of Doglike
1. Adjective. Similar to a dog; canine. ¹
2. Adjective. Similar to that of a dog; as, a doglike nose, doglike devotion. ¹
3. Adjective. (rare) Befitting a dog; as, doglike treatment. ¹
4. Adverb. In a doglike way. ¹
5. Adverb. (rare) As one would act toward a dog; as, to treat someone doglike. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Doglike
1. resembling a dog [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Doglike
Literary usage of Doglike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Trilby by George Du Maurier (1894)
"Gecko, with a humble, doglike worship that expressed itself in mute, pathetic
deference and looks of lowly self-depreciation, of apology for his own ..."
2. The Riddle of the Universe at the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1900)
"Furthermore, the outer incisor of the lower jaw is broader than the inner one in
the manlike apes and man; in the doglike ape it is the smaller. ..."
3. Pre-Raphaelite and Other Poets: Lectures by Lafcadio Hearn (1922)
"XI Woman, man, they mouthed ; they spake a thing Armed to split a mountain, sunder
seas: Still the frozen king Lay and felt him freeze. XII doglike ..."
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