Definition of Riverlike

1. Adjective. Resembling a river or some aspect of one. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Riverlike

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Riverlike

rivered
riveret
riverets
riverfront
riverfronts
rivergoing
riverhead
riverheads
riverhood
riverine
riverine rabbit
rivering
riverkeeper
riverkeepers
riverless
riverlike (current term)
riverling
riverlings
riverman
rivermen
rivers
riversideite
riversides
riverwalk
riverwalks
riverward
riverwards
riverway
riverways
riverweed

Literary usage of Riverlike

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance by Warren Upham (1920)
"... the latter also called Little Vermilion river, reaching about four miles to the Little Vermilion lake, narrow and riverlike, "which runs six or seven ..."

2. Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society by Minnesota Historical Society (1920)
"... connected by a winding and riverlike strait, having a descent of only a few inches, were described by Mackenzie as a single lake, spelled by him ..."

3. A History of the United States by Edward Channing (1908)
"For a quarter of a century the French had occupied a post at Crown Point, where Lake Champlain narrows into riverlike proportions, and thus held a firm ..."

4. The Letters of Henry James by Henry James (1920)
"... and riverlike fairness and brevity, might, if he had been really less ill, have made for his holding his ground. But he grew rapidly worse again from ..."

5. The Letters of Henry James by Henry James (1920)
"... and riverlike fairness and brevity, might, if he had been really less ill, have made for his holding his ground. But he grew rapidly worse again from ..."

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