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swanlike

adj

Etymology

From swan + -like.

  1. inherited from *swanaz✻ — “swan”
  2. inherited from *swan✻
  3. inherited from swan
  4. inherited from swan
  5. suffixed as swanlike — “swan + like”

Definitions

  1. Similar to a swan or a characteristic of it, especially in elegance or grace.

    • a swanlike curve
    • Ocean on his bird-horse, horned Io, Harpies that snatch his food from Phineus, snake-haired Gorgons, man-hating Amazons, the Phorcides, swanlike in form, one-eyed and of a single tooth, […]
    • Bosom full and firm. The nose straight. A swan-like gliding gait.

  2. Beautiful like a swan

  3. In a swanlike way

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Beautifully like a swan

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Derived

unswanlike

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA