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LAMBLIKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lamblike mean?
• LAMBLIKE (adjective)
The adjective LAMBLIKE has 1 sense:
1. like a lamb in meekness and gentleness
Familiarity information: LAMBLIKE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Like a lamb in meekness and gentleness
Similar:
compliant (inclined to comply)
Context examples
You shall be commander of the expedition, and I'll obey blindly, will that satisfy you? said Jo, with a sudden change from perversity to lamblike submission.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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