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  • adjective Resembling a circus in any of various respects

Etymologies

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circus +‎ -like

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Examples

  • It took 34 years for Stephen Schwartz's once-ubiquitous rock musical, in which the gospel according to St. Matthew is enacted as a circuslike vaudeville turn, to make it back to Broadway, and by all rights the results should have been dated beyond hope of resuscitation.

    That Wild and Crazy Messiah Terry Teachout 2011

  • Excellent album, tuneful throughout, with just enough quasi-psychedelic circuslike touches to not be annoying.

    2010 March : Scrubbles.net 2010

  • Excellent album, tuneful throughout, with just enough quasi-psychedelic circuslike touches to not be annoying.

    Weekly Mishmash: March 7-14 : Scrubbles.net 2010

  • At times, all the crazy characters at Muscle Beach gave it a circuslike atmosphere.

    Misty Misty May-Treanor With Jill Lieber Steeg 2010

  • At times, all the crazy characters at Muscle Beach gave it a circuslike atmosphere.

    Misty Misty May-Treanor With Jill Lieber Steeg 2010

  • The familiar sound of the circuslike keyboard started and Lynette smiled.

    John Belushi Is Dead Kathy Charles 2010

  • In their exploration of Islam, the recent terrorism trials have had a similar, if perhaps less circuslike, feel.

    Prophetic Justice 2006

  • In their exploration of Islam, the recent terrorism trials have had a similar, if perhaps less circuslike, feel.

    Prophetic Justice 2006

  • With a new book by Hugh Wheeler, added lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and arena-style staging by Hal Prince, "Candide" finally gained popular success-though lost in the circuslike goings-on were the glitter of the music and almost any shred of seriousness.

    The Garden Grows 2008

  • Rehearsed or not, the line clearly helped Huckabee gain some priceless earned media in the postdebate coverage — no easy task in a crowd of 10 GOP presidential hopefuls in what has been the largely circuslike atmosphere of the debates.

    Take That! 2007

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