Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Suitable.

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Examples

  • I agree that the physical exam is humanizing, so much that later on in my career, when I routinely donned space suit-like gowns and masks to examine patients during rounds on the leukemia and bone marrow transplant services at our hospital, I became frustrated by those barriers and by the very lack of touch which, I think, really helps patients to heal.

    Dr. Elaine Schattner: The Physical Exam Provides More Than Emotional Value 2010

  • However, even feminine styles started showing (masculine) military influence with sharply squared shoulders and slim, suit-like tailored (skirt) suits, as can be seen in this famous scene from Casablanca (1942).

    Tove Hermanson: Women, Pants, & Politics 2010

  • The rest of the outfit tempers the tattoo-like boldness of the lace with its neutral gray 3/4 length suit-like fit, paired with the familiar high, prim neckline, and feminine bubble sleeves.

    Tove Hermanson: A Daringly Stylish Politician! 2009

  • They're much neater and easier to wear than suits, although I did wear them with jackets to get a more suit-like power-bitch look.

    return of the scarves - A Dress A Day 2006

  • Shaq had a leisure suit-like ensemble with huge side pockets on the pants.

    USATODAY.com - MCI Center becomes 'House of Style' for NBA stars 2001

  • In it, a rotund man, wearing a greenish, hazmat suit-like outfit, is depicted (literally) leaving the picture plane, some sort of package tucked snugly under his arm.

    artforum.com 2010

  • And it's so nice to have a suit-like thing that I don't have to worry about keeping immaculate.

    Wired Campus 2010

  • If your husband is going to forgo a suit, the dark color of these combos and the structure of the wool blazers offer them some formality without being suit-like.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2009

  • Rinsky and his team, encased in space suit-like outfits to reduce infection risk, worked with utmost care.

    Health News from Medical News Today 2009

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