Definitions

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  • adjective Like a statue; motionless.

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  • adjective Like or resembling a statue.

Etymologies

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statue +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Tre'valen also looked somewhere beyond An'desha, and he was just as statuelike.

    Widows and Orphans R. Daniel Lester 2010

  • These "-he pointed at the statuelike bodies-" are not of Krynn.

    Finnegan teoriza la practica de cuerdas Carlos G.Tonda 2010

  • Halfway to me, the dog lost interest in my statuelike body and took off in a new direction.

    Crescendo Becca Fitzpatrick 2010

  • Halfway to me, the dog lost interest in my statuelike body and took off in a new direction.

    Crescendo Becca Fitzpatrick 2010

  • He stood statuelike, all of his senses on high alert.

    American Assassin Vince Flynn 2010

  • He slid in between his statuelike siblings, turned to the field, joined his hand with theirs on the baseball, and shouted:

    Sluggers: Water, Water Everywhere Loren Long 2009

  • He slid in between his statuelike siblings, turned to the field, joined his hand with theirs on the baseball, and shouted:

    Sluggers: Water, Water Everywhere Loren Long 2009

  • He slid in between his statuelike siblings, turned to the field, joined his hand with theirs on the baseball, and shouted:

    Sluggers: Water, Water Everywhere Loren Long 2009

  • For several seconds he stood statuelike in the vastness of the forest, trying to figure out what he was hearing.

    Hell’s Gate Stephen Frey 2009

  • He slid in between his statuelike siblings, turned to the field, joined his hand with theirs on the baseball, and shouted:

    Sluggers: Water, Water Everywhere Loren Long 2009

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