Definitions
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- adjective Resembling a
hump or some aspect of one.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The prairie was rolling, and there were humplike rises to the north as far as they could see.
The Lonesome Dove Series Larry McMurtry 1995
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The prairie was rolling, and there were humplike rises to the north as far as they could see.
Lonesome Dove McMurtry, Larry 1985
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The prairie was rolling, and there were humplike rises to the north as far as they could see.
Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry 1985
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The prairie was rolling, and there were humplike rises to the north as far as they could see.
Lonesome Dove McMurtry, Larry 1985
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A hundred rods beyond, nine black ducks were grouped near the edge of a circular pool; behind them, from where I stood, there rose from the level waste a humplike mound.
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To this humplike structure the ship owed her name.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales Ambrose Bierce 1878
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The grainy snap shows four humplike shapes breaking the surface of a misty-looking body of water.
CNET News.com 2011
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Cars. com says "the humplike trunk, probably my least favorite attribute, blends in from most viewing angles."
The Car Connection 2009
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Cars. com says "the humplike trunk, probably my least favorite attribute, blends in from most viewing angles."
The Car Connection 2009
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Cars. com says "the humplike trunk, probably my least favorite attribute, blends in from most viewing angles."
The Car Connection 2009
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