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flowerlike

American  
[flou-er-lahyk] / ˈflaʊ ərˌlaɪk /

adjective

  1. resembling or in the shape of a flower; delicate; graceful.


Etymology

Origin of flowerlike

flower + -like

Example Sentences

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Meanwhile, Lord Grigon’s dastardly hobby is skeet-shooting fragile, flowerlike critters.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2025

In addition felt could be cut and sandwiched together for flowerlike decorations and crenelated edges.

From New York Times Oct. 25, 2017

Among the standouts is a Susan Goldman monotype in which a flowerlike circular form is overlaid with nine squares of bright hues.

From Washington Post Dec. 29, 2016

Eventually Dior cultivated his groundbreaking Corolle collection, a line of extravagant, ultrafeminine, and flowerlike dresses that Harper’s Bazaar editor in chief Carmel Snow famously labeled the New Look.

From Architectural Digest Oct. 31, 2014

From the height of his intellectual pride he bent his head and sent a winged caress fluttering down upon that flowerlike face.

From Wayside Courtships by Garland, Hamlin

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