monkey
noun
any of more than 250 species of simian primates belonging to the two distinct lines of New World monkeys and Old World monkeys.
monkeyish
-
a word derived from
monkey.
Example Sentences
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Furrowed abruptly from brow to chin with myriad infinitesimal wrinkles of perplexity, his lean, droll face looked suddenly almost monkeyish in its intentness.
From Little Eve Edgarton by Raymond Moreau Crosby
He laughs at the lad as heartily as I do, invites him to our table, and is amused by his monkeyish tricks.
From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
When one sees their petty squabbles and jealousies, hears their cruel din, and pays for their monkeyish mischief, perhaps the daintiest children seem but an earthly order of cherubim.
From Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers by F. Anstey
And still his features wore that monkeyish look of unrest, of discontent and quizzical irony oddly mingled.
From Charles Rex by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
He grinned at her—a wicked, monkeyish grin, and threw open the door, disclosing a steep and winding stone stair.
From The Obstacle Race by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
