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Definition of Ladderlike
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ladderlike
Literary usage of Ladderlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Autobiography of Nathaniel Southgate Shaler by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler, Sophia Penn Page Shaler (1909)
"My guide led me to his house, entered through dark and unsavory ways and several
ladderlike steps. The larger room was the place of abode, ..."
2. Travels in West Africa: Congo Français, Corisco and Cameroons by Mary Henrietta Kingsley (1897)
"... lying athwart the great parallel terraces over which, ladderlike, the neighbouring
Congo has cut its bed on its way to the ocean. ..."
3. America in the East: A Glance at Our History, Prospects, Problems, and by William Elliot Griffis (1899)
"At the right moment Casey gave the order, and up the ladderlike cliffs our men
rushed amid a rain of ..."
4. London Society (1879)
"... side by ladderlike steps cut out of the chalk. Let me here gratefully commemorate
a certain little grove which I found near ..."
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