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Keep "batlike" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
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If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "batlike" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
7 total sentences available.
[…] they cling, like creepers or women, to the nearest support, to fly from that corroding ennui and listlessness, those tumults of the mind, which flit batlike amid the golden-groined ceilings, and cannot be dispelled by the lictor guard.
Source: wiktionary
He had told himself bitterly as he walked through the streets that she was a figure of the womanhood of her country, a batlike soul waking to the consciousness of itself in darkness and secrecy and loneliness.
Source: wiktionary
There was a trap somewhere, I felt sure; and though I didn't know the term "hush-money," its meaning flittered, bat-like, about my mind.
Source: wiktionary
The most famous of these Los Caprichos is “The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters” (plate 43), which has a sky full of batlike creatures.
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 7 available sentences.
Closest matches include battish, batwing, serotine.
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