Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling a hand.

Etymologies

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hand +‎ -like

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Examples

  • The tree line did follow a handlike pattern, if you squinted … and ignored the fact that there were only three fingers.

    Half Upon a Time James Riley 2010

  • The tree line did follow a handlike pattern, if you squinted … and ignored the fact that there were only three fingers.

    Half Upon a Time James Riley 2010

  • The tree line did follow a handlike pattern, if you squinted … and ignored the fact that there were only three fingers.

    Half Upon a Time James Riley 2010

  • The inhuman hung unconscious from his hoverball rig, his handlike feet swinging a meter from the ground.

    Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet Scott Westerfeld 2010

  • It dived forward, extended its big handlike feet, and snatched Dor out of the air.

    Falcon Street 2010

  • The tree line did follow a handlike pattern, if you squinted … and ignored the fact that there were only three fingers.

    Half Upon a Time James Riley 2010

  • The inhuman hung unconscious from his hoverball rig, his handlike feet swinging a meter from the ground.

    Extras Scott Westerfeld 2008

  • The inhuman hung unconscious from his hoverball rig, his handlike feet swinging a meter from the ground.

    Extras Scott Westerfeld 2008

  • The inhuman hung unconscious from his hoverball rig, his handlike feet swinging a meter from the ground.

    Extras Scott Westerfeld 2008

  • The inhuman hung unconscious from his hoverball rig, his handlike feet swinging a meter from the ground.

    Extras Scott Westerfeld 2008

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