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Definition of Riverlike
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Riverlike
Literary usage of Riverlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance by Warren Upham (1920)
"... the latter also called Little Vermilion river, reaching about four miles to
the Little Vermilion lake, narrow and riverlike, "which runs six or seven ..."
2. Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society by Minnesota Historical Society (1920)
"... connected by a winding and riverlike strait, having a descent of only a few
inches, were described by Mackenzie as a single lake, spelled by him ..."
3. A History of the United States by Edward Channing (1908)
"For a quarter of a century the French had occupied a post at Crown Point, where
Lake Champlain narrows into riverlike proportions, and thus held a firm ..."
4. The Letters of Henry James by Henry James (1920)
"... and riverlike fairness and brevity, might, if he had been really less ill,
have made for his holding his ground. But he grew rapidly worse again from ..."
5. The Letters of Henry James by Henry James (1920)
"... and riverlike fairness and brevity, might, if he had been really less ill,
have made for his holding his ground. But he grew rapidly worse again from ..."
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