Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Resembling a cat, especially in being quiet or stealthy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Like a cat; feline; watchful; stealthy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Like a cat; stealthy; noiseless.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective resembling a
cat ;feline - adjective
slow ,deliberate ,quiet andstealthy
Etymologies
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Examples
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Fortunately, my "catlike" reflexes allowed me to delay contact for an spit-second so that I went into the quarter panel instead of under the front bumper.
People Are People: Dealing With It BikeSnobNYC 2010
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The uncivilised vampires are described somewhat differently, their walk being "catlike" and "on the edge of shifting into a crouch" (TW18).
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Even then he would have failed, had it not been for the patient's catlike vitality and almost uncanny physical and mental grip on life.
THE END OF THE STORY 2010
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Then, with catlike reflexes, she grabbed the tops of the stingers.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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For last of them was one, a lean and catlike man, young of face, with a quick and daring eye, who drank darkly, and spat forth upon the ground, and spoke no word.
THE DEATH OF LIGOUN 2010
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She arose with catlike ease and suddenness to her full height, her eyes flashing, her nostrils quivering like a deer's.
NEGORE, THE COWARD 2010
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Then, with catlike reflexes, she grabbed the tops of the stingers.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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Behind that gloss was something cold and terrible, that lurked and waited and watched -- something catlike, something inimical and deadly.
CHAPTER II 2010
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In fact, Elizabeth did favor Anne in the sharpness of her chin and the catlike slant of her eyes.
Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011
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With a sudden, catlike movement he whirled over on his back, caught his heel in a tiny, saucer-shaped depression and sat up.
DUTCH COURAGE 2010
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