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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

stalkerlike en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English stalker Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English stalkerlike From stalker + -like.

Meanings

  1. Resembling a stalker or his or her behaviour.
    • And then the long, bitter sound of the cursed beep. This is the part where I'm supposed to leave yet another stalkerlike message... 2004, Ariel Horn, Help Wanted, Desperately:
    • ...I was afraid it would encourage the stalkerlike impulses I was trying to fight back. 2002, Rob Byrnes, Rachel Spencer, The Night We Met:
    • Jonathan waved, hoping the gesture was appropriately friendly and not particularly stalkerlike. 2008, George R R Martin, Daniel Abraham, Melinda M Snodgrass, Inside Straight:

Forms

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most stalkerlike Degree=Sup lexicographic
more stalkerlike Degree=Cmp lexicographic