Monkeylike

adj, adv

adj, adv ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or similar to a monkey.

    "a monkeylike skull"

Adverb
  1. 1
    In the manner of a monkey. not-comparable

Example

More examples

"It is hard to picture a wee monkeylike adult creature weighing no more than an ounce. But fossils of the 55.8 million-year-old animal, the earliest known primate to inhabit North America, have emerged from coastal sediments in Mississippi."

Etymology

From monkey + -like.

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