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paperlike

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[pay-per-lahyk] / ˈpeɪ pərˌlaɪk /

adjective

  1. resembling paper in texture, appearance, or function.


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Pulp sluiced in and cascaded onto the “former,” where it was flattened into a paperlike consistency.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2022

As the papyrus dried, the plant’s sap glued the strips together into a paperlike sheet.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

Yes, Apple's tablet lacks the Kindle's paperlike E Ink screen, but that's a feature, not a bug.

From Slate • Apr. 5, 2010

In color, they range from the darkest brown to an almost paperlike paleness, so that they give the impression of autumn leaves that have lain in the forest all winter.

From The New Yorker • May 6, 1955

They climbed into the front window with the black Labrador puppies and beckoned with flat, paperlike fingers.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King

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