Definition of Sonlike

1. Adjective. Resembling a son. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sonlike

1. resembling a son [adj] - See also: son

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sonlike

sonicated
sonicates
sonicating
sonication
sonications
sonicator
sonicators
sonics
soniferous
sonification
sonifier
sonify
sonkyo
sonkyos
sonless
sonlike (current term)
sonly
sonne
sonnes
sonnet
sonneted
sonneteer
sonneteered
sonneteering
sonneteerings
sonneteers
sonneter
sonneters
sonneting
sonnetist

Literary usage of Sonlike

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

1. The Works of Thomas Shepard: First Pastor of the First Church, Cambridge by Thomas Shepard (1853)
"... and love him, and delight themselves in him ;" for that is the sonlike disposition ; when he is cut short of all comforts in the world, miy, ..."

2. Poets of the Younger Generation by William Archer (1902)
"Still more impressive in its stately serenity is the concluding passage of the Anthem : Now, mortal-sonlike I thou hast suckled, Mother, I at last Shall ..."

3. British Reformers by Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A, Board of Publication (1842)
"... what contents and what discontents his father, lest he should, by ignorance, displease where his sonlike affection, by natural zeal, desires to please. ..."

4. The Life and Poems of Theodore Winthrop by Theodore Winthrop (1884)
"... kinsman whom he loved, And Richard, full of kindly gratefulness, Held out his sturdy arm and sturdier mind, sonlike for him to cling. Not yet was wrong. ..."

5. British Reformers by Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A, Board of Publication (1842)
"... what contents and what discontents his father, lest he should, by ignorance, displease where his sonlike affection, by natural zeal, desires to please. ..."

6. A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church by Philip Schaff, Henry Wace (1899)
"That He was sent, is used as a proof of His sonlike obedience and of His Father's authority : for the works which He does could not possibly be done by any ..."

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