Loverlike

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Befitting or characteristic of a lover.

    "I am very uneaſy to think how I have been drawn on one hand, and driven on the other, into a clandeſtine, in ſhort, into a mere Lover-like correſpondence, which my heart condemns."

Adjective
  1. 1
    like or in the manner of a lover wordnet

Synonyms

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amatoryamorousardentdesirouseroticimpassioned

Example

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"I am very uneaſy to think how I have been drawn on one hand, and driven on the other, into a clandeſtine, in ſhort, into a mere Lover-like correſpondence, which my heart condemns."

Etymology

From lover + -like.

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