Definitions
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- adjective Resembling or characteristic of a
plank .
Etymologies
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Examples
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A shape began to coalesce out of it, like black paint being stroked over white canvas, evolving into the figure of a man with broad, planklike shoulders.
Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009
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A shape began to coalesce out of it, like black paint being stroked over white canvas, evolving into the figure of a man with broad, planklike shoulders.
City of Ashes Cassandra Clare 2008
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There were three stories of it, planklike levels shrouded with netting, like the scaffolding on a construction site.
Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006
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There were three stories of it, planklike levels shrouded with netting, like the scaffolding on a construction site.
Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006
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There were three stories of it, planklike levels shrouded with netting, like the scaffolding on a construction site.
Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006
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There was a woman with him, and she was thin—planklike actually.
UNIFICATION 1990
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There was a woman with him, and she was thin—planklike actually.
UNIFICATION 1990
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There was a woman with him, and she was thin—planklike actually.
UNIFICATION 1990
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It would have involved sailing (on planklike pseudo-rafts) from now-submerged islands on the eastern tip of Indonesia to now-submerged bits of what was western New Guinea - a distance certainly less than 60 miles.
mental_floss Blog 2009
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All that can be accomplished by putting one's body in a rigid, planklike position and raising and lowering your weight.
unknown title 2009
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