Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling dawn or some aspect of it.

Etymologies

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dawn +‎ -like

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Examples

  • So gay, feminine, and dawnlike was the illumination, that Maskull's spirits immediately started to rise, although he did not wish it.

    A Voyage to Arcturus David Lindsay 1910

  • “Like two weather balloons,” said Nilly, who’d noticed that the moonlight was fading and that the darkness was starting to take on a dawnlike gray tinge.

    Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011

  • “Like two weather balloons,” said Nilly, who’d noticed that the moonlight was fading and that the darkness was starting to take on a dawnlike gray tinge.

    Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011

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