hobbylike en · ADJ
Etymology
From hobby + -like.
Meanings
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Resembling or characteristic of a hobby (interest).
With the lifting of his “depression,” he’d developed a new interest, hobbylike in its intensity, in framable and collectible railroad memorabilia, and he could happily have spent the whole day—the whole week!—pursuing it. . .
2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more hobbylike | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most hobbylike | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Translations (3)
de hobbyartig (Translations) · fi harrastusmainen (Translations) · pl podobny do hobby (Translations)