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Definition of Adultlike
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adultlike
Literary usage of Adultlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Naked Reading: Uncovering What Tweens Need to Become Lifelong Readers by Teri S. Lesesne (2006)
"Physical Transitions During the tween years, kids are transitioning from their
childlike bodies to bodies that are more adultlike; however, that transition ..."
2. Content Area Reading: A Heuristic Approach by Anthony & Ula Manzo (1990)
"Early research indicated that its use tended to stimulate sensitive teaching and
attentive, adultlike student responding. The inherent language development ..."
3. Risk Assessment for Neurobehavioral Toxicity edited by Bernard Weiss, Jurg Elsner (1997)
"... surge and an increase in sensitivity to monoaminergic psychostimulants around
the end of the second postnatal week and the appearance of adultlike ..."