Definitions

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  • adjective Having the characteristics of ribbons.

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  • adjective long and thin; resembling a ribbon

Etymologies

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From ribbon +‎ -like.

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Examples

  • In any event, it occurred now to Lydia that she was on her way to the isolated domain of a man she hardly knew, dressed in attire that could be called skimpy, for there was nothing beneath the shirt and shorts but a ribbonlike garment for which briefs was perhaps too substantial a term.

    The Houseguest Thomas Berger 2008

  • Mr. Cloepfil's unusual solution cuts narrow, ribbonlike strips in a tight geometric pattern across the building's surface that continue three-dimensionally through the inside as light slots along ceilings and floors.

    Setting the Record Straight About Ed Stone and Brad Cloepfil 2008

  • THE NET RESULTThe ribbonlike strands of p53 float to the double helix, where they keep a damaged cell from proliferating.

    The Cancer Killer 2008

  • Large and enveloping, the cloak wasn't constructed from a single piece of cloth — rather, it was made up of hundreds of long, ribbonlike strips.

    Mistborn Sanderson_Brandon 2006

  • Like the garment Kelsier had worn the night before, it was tailored completely from separate, ribbonlike strips of cloth.

    Mistborn Sanderson_Brandon 2006

  • Their shadowy, ribbonlike forms undulated into slow, rippling waves, bending until their appearance was disproportionate and distorted, nearly beyond recognition.

    String Theory, Book 3: Evolution Heather Jarman 2006

  • Seam binding is a narrow, ribbonlike strip of cloth.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • Seam binding is a narrow, ribbonlike strip of cloth.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • Seam binding is a narrow, ribbonlike strip of cloth.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • Seam binding is a narrow, ribbonlike strip of cloth.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

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