Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or relating to cavemen.

Etymologies

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caveman +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Banzai! some bearded, cavemanlike Jap sergeant in gogglelike glasses shouted in the comic books, waving it around, stirring his men to a human wave attack.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • Banzai! some bearded, cavemanlike Jap sergeant in gogglelike glasses shouted in the comic books, waving it around, stirring his men to a human wave attack.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • Banzai! some bearded, cavemanlike Jap sergeant in gogglelike glasses shouted in the comic books, waving it around, stirring his men to a human wave attack.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • His cavemanlike tone implied that she should have asked him to take care of the problem long before.

    Touch a Dark Wolf Jennifer St. Giles 2006

  • This was so primevally strong, almost cavemanlike, smooth and rough at the same time, like the best whisky.

    License Invoked Asprin, Robert 2001

  • Maya's distress had awakened a number of very cavemanlike feelings that were not altogether unfamiliar to him" but he knew very well that what might pass for reasonable behavior on the deck of a ship would only lead to a great deal of trouble in this case.

    The Serpent's Shadow Lackey, Mercedes 2001

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