lover
noun
a person who is in love with another.
loverlike
-
a word derived from
lover.
Example Sentences
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And later they would laugh about that, about how strange it was that their marriage should have turned so loverlike after so many years.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
But, then, they always made up again; the youth, whose hasty spirit caused him five times out of seven to be the offender, being ever ready to atone by every loverlike device.
From Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea by Jonathon Holt Ingraham
"I hope I didn't give you the impression I was ashamed of loving her or would ever be ashamed of her anywhere?" continued Tetlow, a very loverlike light in his usually unromantic eyes.
From The Grain of Dust by David Graham Phillips
When Thorpe left the room, he had half made up his mind not to call on Nina Randolph that evening; he felt in anything but a loverlike mood.
From A Daughter of the Vine by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
They were in good spirits now, and for the rest of the evening were as loverlike as always, the nearer together for the bit of rough sea they had weathered so nicely.
From The Grain of Dust by David Graham Phillips
