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Definition of Mirrorlike
1. Adjective. Capable of reflecting light like a mirror. "A specular metal"
Definition of Mirrorlike
1. Adjective. Resembling a mirror; reflective ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mirrorlike
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mirrorlike
Literary usage of Mirrorlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wild Oranges by Joseph Hergesheimer (1918)
"THE ketch drifted into the serene inclosure of the bay as silently as the
reflections moving over the mirrorlike surface of the water. ..."
2. Pedagogical Articles: Linen-measurer by Leo Tolstoy, Leo Wiener (1904)
"The mirrorlike glance and the tender hand for some reason irritated Prince Andre'y.
Another thing which affected Prince Andre'y disagreeably was the unusual ..."
3. Whose Love was the Greater?: Undated Leaves from a Diary by John Francis Beckwith, Shakespeare Press (1913)
"Like millions of sparkling diamonds lies the rime of the dawn on the roofs; and
a mirrorlike ice covers the waters of the lake. The rumbling of wheels, ..."
4. Standard methods of chemical analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1917)
"The presence of cotton-seed oil in any appreciable proportion causes a mirrorlike
precipitate of metallic silver, which blackens the fatty acids of the ..."
5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1922)
"Suddenly its mirrorlike surface was broken by a long ripple; then another, and
another, and almost in a moment we were surrounded by playing porpoises. ..."
6. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1835)
"The dark mirrorlike floors, the fragrant odour of the fresh gathered bitter
oranges which had been just used in polishing them, the green shade of the trees ..."
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