villa-like
- a word derived from villa.
Example Sentences
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Inside of twenty minutes the suburbs, with their long rows of villa-like buildings, and their wide and smoothly paved streets, began to swing past them.
From Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist by McIntyre, John T.
The first rays of the morning sun were resting like reddish gold on the tips of the forest trees which crowded close up to the white villa-like house.
From Gertrude's Marriage by Heimburg, W.
On the summit were some more ornamental villa-like houses, and grey stone buildings with dark tiled roofs, but the expansion on that side had been checked by extensive private grounds.
From Magnum Bonum by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
But when he reached the summit he could see that the outline of the street was still plainly marked along the distance by cottages and new suburban villa-like blocks of houses.
From From Sand Hill to Pine by Harte, Bret
As I was deliberating whether this was a public garden or not, I found myself before a long, low, villa-like building, with a colonnade in front.
From A Day's Ride A Life's Romance by Lever, Charles James
