Definitions
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- adjective resembling a pattern or shape or outline.
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- adjective Resembling a
pattern ;regular .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In the eastern sky there was a yellow patch like a rug laid for the feet of the coming sun; and against it, black and patternlike, loomed the gigantic figure of the colonel on a gigantic horse.
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In the eastern sky there was a yellow patch like a rug laid for the feet of the coming sun; and against it, black and patternlike, loomed the gigantic figure of the colonel on a gigantic horse.
The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane 1885
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In the eastern sky there was a yellow patch like a rug laid for the feet of the coming sun; and against it, black and patternlike, loomed the gigantic figure of the colonel on a gigantic horse.
The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane 1885
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