Definitions
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- adjective Resembling a
banner - adverb So as to resemble a
banner
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- adverb like a banner
Etymologies
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Examples
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The bannerlike leaves of the fodder-shocks rustled lightly at our approach, sounding like stiff paper scrubbing together.
Fatal Circle Linda Robertson 2010
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There had always been something bright and bannerlike in her aspect, but now her look drooped, and she hung at half-mast, as it were.
The Quicksand 1902
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A tiny figure of a woman -- so old, so fragile as to look as if she were made of transparent porcelain -- appeared as he spoke from an arbour at the far end of the little garden, an arbour whose grapevines hung bannerlike over the precipice.
The Guests Of Hercules M. Leone Bracker 1901
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There had always been something bright and bannerlike in her aspect, but now her look drooped, and she hung at half-mast, as it were.
The Descent of Man and Other Stories Edith Wharton 1899
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He came flying back from a brook waving his garment bannerlike.
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He came flying back from a brook waving his garment bannerlike.
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He came flying back from a brook waving his garment bannerlike.
The Red Badge of Courage Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900 1895
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He came flying back from a brook waving his garment bannerlike.
The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane 1885
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He came flying back from a brook waving his garment bannerlike.
The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane 1885
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The metal sculpture is a large, flowing bannerlike form with seven flags that will turn with the wind.
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