thinglike en · ADJ
Etymology
From thing + -like. Compare English thingly, German dinglich.
Meanings
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Resembling a thing; having the properties associated with a physical object; objectlike.
Although Tex had assured me only the other day that New Yorkers prized intelligence, I wasn’t sure mine could be counted on. It didn’t feel like a thing in our very thinglike world, a world where identity began with the choice of massive automobile […]
1988, Edmund White, chapter 2, in The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, published 1994:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more thinglike | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most thinglike | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |