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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

skewerlike en · ADJ

Etymology

From skewer + -like.

Meanings

  1. Like a skewer; long, thin, and sharp.
    • The long, skewerlike dagger flashed and fell. The dealer struggled like a hen, striking his temple on the shelf, and then tumbled on the floor in a heap. 1885, Robert Louis Stevenson, Markheim:

Forms

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most skewerlike Degree=Sup lexicographic
more skewerlike Degree=Cmp lexicographic