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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

tweedlike en · ADJ

Etymology

From tweed + -like.

Meanings

  1. Resembling or characteristic of tweed.
    • Mr. Bigbucks was here again at the Salvatore Ferragamo show, conjured this time wearing sharp-edged suits of white cotton (with accompanying gloves), handsome tweedlike cotton blazers or faintly feminine evening clothes (a kind of shiny hoodie) that suggested a time in the future when it will be the man who needs help with his zipper before leaving the house. 2007 June 28, Guy Trebay, “Looking Like a Billion Bucks”, in New York Times:

Forms

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more tweedlike Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most tweedlike Degree=Sup lexicographic