Definitions
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- adjective Resembling a
city or some aspect of one.
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Now, there are citylike suburbs doing well on one side of the metropolis while conventional suburbs still flourish on the fringe."
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"Now, there are citylike suburbs doing well on one side of the metropolis while conventional suburbs still flourish on the fringe."
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Rimensnyder identifies the basic irony here -- that it was the preferences of local Democrats that led to the city's citylike rather than statelike treatment: It's so contrary to the thinking now, which is that we want to be a state.
Why does the D.C. Council have 13 members? Mike DeBonis 2011
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'' I didn't know what it would do to the community -- would it make it more citylike?
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The island of Manhattan was much more citylike than the Bronx, but there was still more green grass than cement.
Pendragon: Book Eight: The Pilgrims of Rayne D. J. MacHale 2007
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It is believed that the queen spends most of her time within the vast citylike Borg primary complex known as Unimatrix 01.
STARSHIP SPOTTER ADAM “MOJO” LEBOWITZ 2001
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It is believed that the queen spends most of her time within the vast citylike Borg primary complex known as Unimatrix 01.
STARSHIP SPOTTER ADAM “MOJO” LEBOWITZ 2001
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All dark and citylike with lots of alleys and wickedness.
jaxraven Diary Entry jaxraven 2001
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New Urbanism is a movement, probably the leading popular-design philosophy in the country dedicated to making places more citylike.
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It is believed that the queen spends most of her time within the vast citylike Borg primary complex known as Unimatrix 01.
STARSHIP SPOTTER ADAM “MOJO” LEBOWITZ 2001
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