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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

breathlike en · ADJ

Etymology

From breath + -like.

Meanings

  1. Resembling or characteristic of breath.
    • I expected the air to be warm, breathlike, but it was slightly chilled, almost refrigerated, and it smelled of dust and old wool. 2010, Hester Kaplan, The Edge of Marriage:

Forms

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most breathlike Degree=Sup lexicographic
more breathlike Degree=Cmp lexicographic