marchlike en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English march Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English marchlike From march + -like.
Meanings
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Resembling a march
His work, “La Devinette d’Arlequin,” seemed less the riddle of its title than a busy, marchlike exercise in calculated harshness […].
2007 April 24, Bernard Holland, “Composers Near and Far, Speaking a Language of Now”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most marchlike | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more marchlike | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |