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DOGLIKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does doglike mean?
• DOGLIKE (adjective)
The adjective DOGLIKE has 1 sense:
1. resembling a dog; especially in devotion
Familiarity information: DOGLIKE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resembling a dog; especially in devotion
Context example:
a doglike affection
Similar:
loyal (steadfast in allegiance or duty)
Context examples
Had Lip-lip not existed, he would have passed his puppyhood with the other puppies and grown up more doglike and with more liking for dogs.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Full into the firelight, with a stealthy, sidelong movement, glided a doglike animal.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
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