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-like

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Suffix
  1. 1
    Resembling, having some of the characteristics of (used to form adjectives from nouns). morpheme

    "Even at 13 years old, she still had a childlike voice."

  2. 2
    Used to form adverbs from adjectives or nouns; alternative of -ly. dialectal, morpheme

    "Hah! Big, bad Punio. Listen to yourself! Trying to sound all important-like!"

Etymology

From Middle English -like, -lik, from Middle English like, lik (“same, similar, alike”), from Old English ġelīc and Old Norse líkr (“same, similar, alike”). Reinforced by like (preposition). Doublet of -ly. Compare also Dutch -lijk (“-ly, -like”).

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