lamblike
[lam-lahyk]
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adjective
like a lamb; gentle; meek.
Origin of lamblike
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Examples from the Web for lamblike
Historical Examples of lamblike
The ideal man for whom I am looking will not be too lamblike, even in love.
A Book o' Nine Tales.Arlo Bates
Henderson was not always of the lamblike demeanour which he displayed in the turret.
James VI and the Gowrie MysteryAndrew Lang
They knew that Jack Walthall wasn't at all lamblike in his disposition.
Free Joe and Other Georgian SketchesJoel Chandler Harris
He looked a lamblike pacifist as he sat fingering his straw hat diffidently.
The Dude WranglerCaroline Lockhart
That gentleman did indeed hate his crude accent and vulgar laugh and above all the lamblike submission to him of their friends.
The ReverberatorHenry James