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  • adjective Resembling a guitar

Etymologies

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guitar +‎ -like

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Examples

  • His "Serenata" Op. 15, No. 1, is one of the prettiest of modern pieces, and a perfect example of what a serenade should be -- a graceful melody over an accompaniment of guitarlike chords.

    The Pianolist A Guide for Pianola Players Gustav Kobb�� 1887

  • Lumanovski, whose mastery of Roma traditions is reinforced by classical training, shares the front line with kanun player Tamer Pinarbasi, who gets an almost guitarlike sound from the instru-ment; the bandleader's astringent, sorrowful horn lines tangle with the fleet, percussive runs Pinarbasi ham-mers out on his dulcimer.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • The spaghetti was thick and toothsome, made by the expert hands of Nicola's wife, Nicoletta, who'd sliced it on a chitarra, a guitarlike box of wires that gives the pasta flat, almost crisp edges.

    NYT > Home Page By MATT GROSS 2010

  • The spaghetti was thick and toothsome, made by the expert hands of Nicola's wife, Nicoletta, who'd sliced it on a chitarra, a guitarlike box of wires that gives the pasta flat, almost crisp edges.

    post-gazette.com - News 2010

  • The spaghetti was thick and toothsome, made by the expert hands of Nicola's wife, Nicoletta, who'd sliced it on a chitarra, a guitarlike box of wires that gives the pasta flat, almost crisp edges.

    post-gazette.com - News 2010

  • Lumanovski, whose mastery of Roma traditions is reinforced by classical training, shares the front line with kanun player Tamer Pinarbasi, who gets an almost guitarlike sound from the instru-ment; the bandleader's astringent, sorrowful horn lines tangle with the fleet, percussive runs Pinarbasi ham-mers out on his dulcimer.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Lumanovski, whose mastery of Roma traditions is reinforced by classical training, shares the front line with kanun player Tamer Pinarbasi, who gets an almost guitarlike sound from the instru-ment; the bandleader's astringent, sorrowful horn lines tangle with the fleet, percussive runs Pinarbasi ham-mers out on his dulcimer.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • The spaghetti was thick and toothsome, made by the expert hands of Nicola's wife, Nicoletta, who'd sliced it on a chitarra, a guitarlike box of wires that gives the pasta flat, almost crisp edges.

    NYT > Home Page By MATT GROSS 2010

  • Lumanovski, whose mastery of Roma traditions is reinforced by classical training, shares the front line with kanun player Tamer Pinarbasi, who gets an almost guitarlike sound from the instru-ment; the bandleader's astringent, sorrowful horn lines tangle with the fleet, percussive runs Pinarbasi ham-mers out on his dulcimer.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • The spaghetti was thick and toothsome, made by the expert hands of Nicola's wife, Nicoletta, who'd sliced it on a chitarra, a guitarlike box of wires that gives the pasta flat, almost crisp edges.

    NYT > Travel By MATT GROSS 2010

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