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Definition of Bearlike
1. Adjective. Having physical or temperamental characteristics like those of a bear. ¹
2. Adjective. Like that of a bear; as, bearlike fur ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bearlike
1. bearish [adj] - See also: bearish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bearlike
Literary usage of Bearlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Animals: The Mammals by Ernest Ingersoll (1907)
"... which was more dog than civet, plus bearlike features; and later we find ...
so that these represent a line of change from bearlike dogs into doglike ..."
2. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1913)
"... procured their wives by right of discovery and the ability to retain possession,
and had he dared, he would have made love to Donna in his bearlike way. ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1893)
"On December 17th we met with the first seal—it was one of the larger kind which
Ross described, nearly twelve feet long, having a bearlike head, ..."
4. The Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, W.F. Hall Printing Company, A.C. McClurg & Company (1919)
"... and in the bearlike manifestation of his exuberant happiness all but caused
me to wreck the vessel against the courtyard's rocky wall. ..."
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