Definitions
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- adjective Resembling a
fist (clenched hand).
Etymologies
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Examples
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Jamie meanwhile was slowly walking toward the dogs, one hand held out fistlike toward them.
Sick Cycle Carousel 2010
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A cold sweat broke out along his jaw, and his guts clenched into fistlike knots.
A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005
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He may exert far too much pressure, write with a fistlike grasp, or maintain his pen perpendicular to the writing surface.
A Mind at a Time M.D. Mel Levine 2002
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He may exert far too much pressure, write with a fistlike grasp, or maintain his pen perpendicular to the writing surface.
A Mind at a Time M.D. Mel Levine 2002
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Even the massive pincer beast fell back, its fistlike head clenching and flexing beneath the onslaught.
Time Streams King, J. Robert 1999
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