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preacherlike en · ADJ

Etymology

From preacher + -like.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a preacher.
   • The preacherlike man asked his friend, who had become silent. 1988 May 13, Rod McCollom, “Fund-Raiser”, in Chicago Reader:
   • Looking like no stranger to hard work, Jim was tall and lean with a deep, resonant, preacherlike voice and manner. 2013, K. T. Berger, Where the Road and the Sky Collide, →ISBN:

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