Cartoonlike

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling a cartoon.

    "Armistead Maupin's novels reflect more awareness of, and affection for, the texture of real life than As If After Sex. Maupin's characters may get into cartoonlike adventures, but they are real people. Torchia's characters do drearily familiar things, but they are ghosts."

Example

More examples

"Armistead Maupin's novels reflect more awareness of, and affection for, the texture of real life than As If After Sex. Maupin's characters may get into cartoonlike adventures, but they are real people. Torchia's characters do drearily familiar things, but they are ghosts."

Etymology

From cartoon + -like.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.