deerlike

• If her heart was touched before, the dart went deeper now She held her head higher, deerlike, and wasted no words on the unwelcome guest. —  The Ladies
• His manners are not demonstrative, but coldly courteous Illustration: "SANGER Outside, in the park, is another pet, which was presented to Her Majesty by Lord Wolseley, a peculiarly tall, deerlike-looking animal, a Zulu cow, bred from a bull which was originally the property of Dabulamanzi, Cetewayo's brother. —  The Idler Magazine, Volume III, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly
• But it is curiosity merely -- a timid, deerlike curiosity. —  Revolution, and Other Essays
• Suddenly one of them raised his head, deerlike, to listen. —  The Way of an Indian
• They whom no deerlike terror won, —  Memories of Canada and Scotland — Speeches and Verses

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