Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Resembling a star; stellated; radiated like a star: as, starlike flowers.
  • Bright; lustrous; shining; luminous: as, starlike eyes.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Resembling a star; stellated; radiated like a star.
  • adjective Shining; bright; illustrious.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Resembling a star, especially in shape
  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a celebrity or leading actor.

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

  • adjective resembling a star

Etymologies

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star +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Mrs. Berry's fine eyes -- they had been called "starlike" twenty years before, by romantic young gentlemen -- filled with tears.

    Fair Harbor Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

  • You take it all for granted and when I look you back it's with a starlike eye shooting its cold and egotistical spear where it can do least damage.

    Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.: Distant Celestial Fires Ph.D. Athena Andreadis 2011

  • These are punctuated by starlike nodes and wavelike striations in low relief that are polished to a high gloss.

    ArtScene: Current California Exhibitions You Should See ArtScene 2010

  • These are punctuated by starlike nodes and wavelike striations in low relief that are polished to a high gloss.

    ArtScene: Current California Exhibitions You Should See ArtScene 2010

  • These are punctuated by starlike nodes and wavelike striations in low relief that are polished to a high gloss.

    ArtScene: Current California Exhibitions You Should See ArtScene 2010

  • Similarly, the statute refers to “knuckles of any substance” that can be “put to the same use with the same or similar effect” as metallic knuckles; nunchaku, zoobow “or any similar weapon” configured with two sticks connected by rope, chain, or wire; and shuriken or “any similar pointed starlike object intended to injure a person when thrown.”

    The Volokh Conspiracy » What is a zoobow? 2010

  • My starlike pretense found its final frontier in a room which was anonymous by nature.

    Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011

  • These are punctuated by starlike nodes and wavelike striations in low relief that are polished to a high gloss.

    ArtScene: Current California Exhibitions You Should See ArtScene 2010

  • Similarly, the statute refers to “knuckles of any substance” that can be “put to the same use with the same or similar effect” as metallic knuckles; nunchaku, zoobow “or any similar weapon” configured with two sticks connected by rope, chain, or wire; and shuriken or “any similar pointed starlike object intended to injure a person when thrown.”

    The Volokh Conspiracy » What is a zoobow? 2010

  • My starlike pretense found its final frontier in a room which was anonymous by nature.

    Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011

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