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penlike

  • a word derived from pen.
    pen
    noun
    any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.

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You can imagine Garamond registering as more casual to readers of the mid-16th century, given its penlike strokes.

From New York Times Feb. 1, 2022

This penlike device used a BBQ lighter’s piezoelectric crystal, which generates a pulse of electricity when pressure is applied to it.

From Scientific American Nov. 16, 2021

Its penlike, silver probe seems unnecessarily chunky at the tip; I had to initially coax it into the muscle of my marinated chuck steaks.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2018

What this means is that as well as offering the array of frothy espresso drinks, it features a penlike enclosure in which to deposit small children.

From Slate Jun. 9, 2017

Pilot users can jot notes and addresses into the machine with a tiny penlike stylus that traces letters onto the touch-sensitive screen, like an Etch-A-Sketch.

From Time Magazine Archive