Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a scarf.

Etymologies

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scarf +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Bras in black as well as brights were meant to be seen under sheer and scarflike, backless tops.

    Word of advice for spring wardrobe: caution 2011

  • Jeanne Jo translated a love letter into a crocheting pattern and created a massive scarflike scroll measuring 150 feet long.

    Honfleur Gallery and Mexican Cultural Institute exhibits pit art against design 2010

  • She wore flowing scarflike garments and some kind of weird perfume, and she knew a lot about Dorothy Parker.

    THE ANTHOLOGIST Nicholson Baker 2009

  • She wore flowing scarflike garments and some kind of weird perfume, and she knew a lot about Dorothy Parker.

    THE ANTHOLOGIST Nicholson Baker 2009

  • One designer was so flustered by the challenge she wound up sending her model down the runway with a bare chest, but for the scarflike knot of fabric that she was supposed to have used to make a shirt.

    Why We Watched in ’07 2007

  • For his latest video, he opted for an American-style camouflage jacket, offset by a finely folded white turban with a scarflike tail draped ever so gracefully over his left shoulder.

    Method To The Madness 2007

  • The piece is composed of three main elements that were cast separately using the lost wax process and soldered together: the hero's head; the lion skin, or leonte, framing his face; and the beast's paws, which are knotted, scarflike, under the chin.

    Ancient History For Collectors Carrie Coolidge 2006

  • A man in the usual Romulan uniform—dark-glittering tunic and breeches, with a scarflike scarlet half-cloak fastened front and back over one shoulder—stood facing the bridge pickup.

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

  • A man in the usual Romulan uniform—dark-glittering tunic and breeches, with a scarflike scarlet half-cloak fastened front and back over one shoulder—stood facing the bridge pickup.

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

  • A man in the usual Romulan uniform—dark-glittering tunic and breeches, with a scarflike scarlet half-cloak fastened front and back over one shoulder—stood facing the Bridge pickup.

    My Enemy My Ally Diane Duane 2000

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