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  • adjective Resembling a cross.

Etymologies

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cross +‎ -like

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Examples

  • In the hothouse radical atmosphere of Peshawar, some militants said that by accepting the crosslike decoration, King Fahd was no longer a Muslim.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • In the hothouse radical atmosphere of Peshawar, some militants said that by accepting the crosslike decoration, King Fahd was no longer a Muslim.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • In the hothouse radical atmosphere of Peshawar, some militants said that by accepting the crosslike decoration, King Fahd was no longer a Muslim.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • In the hothouse radical atmosphere of Peshawar, some militants said that by accepting the crosslike decoration, King Fahd was no longer a Muslim.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • The faces seemed unbroken, continuous; there was no trace of those thin and shining lines that marked the juncture of the cubes when they had clicked together to form the bridge of the abyss or that had gleamed, crosslike, upon the back of the combined four upon which we had followed Norhala.

    The Metal Monster 2004

  • "I came to see Mr. Stanton," he said suddenly, and crosslike as if he didn't believe a word she said, and had decided she was too foolish to bother with any longer; but he kept on staring.

    Laddie: A True Blue Story 1913

  • Father felt badly enough then, for he always did everything he could to help mother to be first with everything; but so she wouldn't blame him, he said crosslike that if she had let him put them up when they came, as he wanted to, she'd have been six months ahead.

    Laddie: A True Blue Story 1913

  • "I came to see Mr. Stanton," he said suddenly, and crosslike as if he didn't believe a word she said, and had decided she was too foolish to bother with any longer; but he kept on staring.

    Laddie; a true blue story Gene Stratton-Porter 1893

  • Father felt badly enough then, for he always did everything he could to help mother to be first with everything; but so she wouldn't blame him, he said crosslike that if she had let him put them up when they came, as he wanted to, she'd have been six months ahead.

    Laddie; a true blue story Gene Stratton-Porter 1893

  • At one end, along the floor are a series of crosslike, interlocking white elements.

    The Seattle Times 2011

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