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Definition of Ironlike
1. Adjective. Exhibiting strength or hardness like that of iron. "Ironlike discipline of the Marines"
Definition of Ironlike
1. Adjective. Resembling iron or some aspect of it. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ironlike
1. resembling iron [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ironlike
Literary usage of Ironlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The pulpit commentary, ed. by H.D.M. Spence and J.S. Exell. nT= edited by Henry Donald M. Spence- Jones (1883)
"It tells him that the enemies who are against him, however ironlike they might
be—cold, hard, fierce, strong—and however much they may oppress and afflict ..."
2. The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane (1900)
"It was all a trap. Suddenly those close forests would bristle with rifle barrels.
ironlike brigades would appear in the rear. ..."
3. White Fang by Jack London (1906)
"He became quicker of movement than the other dogs, swifter of foot, craftier,
deadlier, more lithe, more lean with ironlike muscle and sinew, more enduring, ..."
4. The Passing of the Frontier: A Chronicle of the Old West by Emerson Hough (1918)
"... of this region and fashioned them rude and ironlike, in harmony with the stern
faces set about them. Of all the babes of that primeval mother, the West, ..."
5. Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain by George Edmund Street (1914)
"The traceries are generally elaborately geometrical and rather rigid and ironlike
in their character, the carving fair but not especially ..."
6. The Psychoanalytic Method by Oskar Pfister (1917)
"In front, we see a heart which the artist describes as hard, ironlike, wounded.
It is indented and looks as if it would tilt forward so that one might see ..."
7. Steps to Oratory: A School Speaker by Frank Townsend Southwick (1900)
"... How, ironlike, his temper grew by blows; How humble, yet how hopeful he could
be; How in good fortune and in ill the same; Nor bitter in success, ..."
8. The pulpit commentary, ed. by H.D.M. Spence and J.S. Exell. nT= edited by Henry Donald M. Spence- Jones (1883)
"It tells him that the enemies who are against him, however ironlike they might
be—cold, hard, fierce, strong—and however much they may oppress and afflict ..."
9. The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane (1900)
"It was all a trap. Suddenly those close forests would bristle with rifle barrels.
ironlike brigades would appear in the rear. ..."
10. White Fang by Jack London (1906)
"He became quicker of movement than the other dogs, swifter of foot, craftier,
deadlier, more lithe, more lean with ironlike muscle and sinew, more enduring, ..."
11. The Passing of the Frontier: A Chronicle of the Old West by Emerson Hough (1918)
"... of this region and fashioned them rude and ironlike, in harmony with the stern
faces set about them. Of all the babes of that primeval mother, the West, ..."
12. Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain by George Edmund Street (1914)
"The traceries are generally elaborately geometrical and rather rigid and ironlike
in their character, the carving fair but not especially ..."
13. The Psychoanalytic Method by Oskar Pfister (1917)
"In front, we see a heart which the artist describes as hard, ironlike, wounded.
It is indented and looks as if it would tilt forward so that one might see ..."
14. Steps to Oratory: A School Speaker by Frank Townsend Southwick (1900)
"... How, ironlike, his temper grew by blows; How humble, yet how hopeful he could
be; How in good fortune and in ill the same; Nor bitter in success, ..."
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