Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. Resembling granite.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. as hard as granite.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. hard as granite
Etymologies
- granite + -like (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The sport suited her unwavering, granitelike determination.”
“On land, igneous rocks can he granitelike material or they can he lava.”
“She pulled his shirt up, and slid her hands beneath it, to caress the warm, granitelike flesh of his back and his ribs, the downy wall of his chest.”
“He said nothing, and after studying his granitelike countenance for a moment she made a move to rise.”
“Perhaps because Grant too was destroyed by the dualities of life: the total, granitelike integrity of the Memoirs, written as the author died of throat cancer, as against the slack and hopeless presidency.”
“The girls 'distinctive qualities-from Trini's bubbly self-confidence to Dominique's granitelike demeanor-were abundantly evident in Williams-Garcia's enthusiastic reading.”
“Updated granitelike counter tops and woodlike flooring in entry and kitchen.”
“What I am mainly trying to do is to dismantle the granitelike assumption in our political culture that American conservatism is an offshoot or cousin of fascism.”
“There, deposited into her mother's clutches, Little Edie snubs him on the platform, failing to say goodbye as he stands there pleading as much as his granitelike propriety will allow.”
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Liberal Fascism
Words gathered while reading Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg
de rigueur, palingenetic, christianist, himmleresque, invidious, bismarckian, divinize, granitelike, deweyan, fons et origo, kulak, numinousness and 107 more...
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