flowerlike

[ flou-er-lahyk ]

adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of flowerlike¹

flower + -like

Example Sentences

The flowerlike girl looked down at him with a strange glance.

From Project Gutenberg

She had a flowerlike face and her simple refinement was charming.

From Project Gutenberg

But the thought of her, flowerlike in the shadow of death, was unendurable.

From Project Gutenberg

The girl looked so candid, so flowerlike in her guilelessness, that the thought seemed a pollution.

From Project Gutenberg

Her lovely little head, with its coils of black hair, rose flowerlike from the clinging garment.

From Project Gutenberg