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Definition of Foxlike
1. a. Resembling a fox in his characteristic qualities; cunning; artful; foxy.
Definition of Foxlike
1. Adjective. Like a fox. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Foxlike
1. resembling a fox (a carnivorous mammal) [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foxlike
Literary usage of Foxlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"... the muzzle rather sharp, eyes somewhat oblique, and aspect somewhat foxlike,
the tail also has a more or less perfect foxlike brush. ..."
2. The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900 by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1904)
"... by the happy threshold, he, Or hand in hand with Plenty in the maize, Or red
with spirted purple of the vats, Or foxlike in the vine ; nor cares to walk ..."
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