Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling paper or some aspect of it.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or like paper

Etymologies

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paper +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Taro looked down at his emaciated arms, the tendons and bone visible through the paperlike skin.

    Blood Ninja II Nick Lake 2010

  • Taro looked down at his emaciated arms, the tendons and bone visible through the paperlike skin.

    Blood Ninja II Nick Lake 2010

  • Taro looked down at his emaciated arms, the tendons and bone visible through the paperlike skin.

    Blood Ninja II Nick Lake 2010

  • For years, researchers have worked on thin, paperlike displays that can be folded, rolled or sewn into the sleeve of your hoodie.

    ON: Digital+Marketing 2009

  • Version 1.0 being the Amazon Kindle or Sony Reader, version 2.0 the promised Plastic Logic reader and maybe Kindle 2.0, and version 3.0 a fully flexible, very thin, paperlike, color reader: basically a reusable newspaper.

    Micropayments for news » Nieman Journalism Lab 2009

  • She stood for a moment, peeling off an outer layer of protective paperlike clothing and leaving behind a pair of green scrubs.

    TRIAL BY FIRE J.A. JANCE 2009

  • Both e-book readers use the same E Ink technology for their main screen: a pale gray, matte surface that looks a bit like an Etch A Sketch but displays text (and monochrome images, with 16 levels of gray) in far more readable fashion than an LCD, thanks to its paperlike opacity.

    Wired Top Stories 2009

  • For years, researchers have worked on thin, paperlike displays that can be folded, rolled or sewn into the sleeve of your hoodie.

    Top Technology Breakthroughs of 2008 Priya Ganapati 2008

  • • Unique paperlike display, read even in bright sunlight based on eink

    Another ebook reader Martyn Daniels 2008

  • • Unique paperlike display, read even in bright sunlight based on eink

    Archive 2008-11-01 Martyn Daniels 2008

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