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- adjective Resembling a
village or some aspect of a village.
Etymologies
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Examples
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His own memories of DVH strike me as overly rosy and nostalgic, but for all its failings, the grim-looking ward he lived in for over two years had a more communal and villagelike atmosphere than the outwardly more attractive but aseptic facilities he was moving to.
Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011
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His own memories of DVH strike me as overly rosy and nostalgic, but for all its failings, the grim-looking ward he lived in for over two years had a more communal and villagelike atmosphere than the outwardly more attractive but aseptic facilities he was moving to.
Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011
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That too, since most of the action takes place in a villagelike neighborhood whose residents gladly rally to Idrissa's cause.
'Margin Call': Thrills, Chills of Financial Ills Joe Morgenstern 2011
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Sometimes concentration takes new forms: power centers, office parks, theme parks, and villagelike planned communities in the middle of nowhere.
Makeshift Metropolis Witold Rybczynski 2010
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Sometimes concentration takes new forms: power centers, office parks, theme parks, and villagelike planned communities in the middle of nowhere.
Makeshift Metropolis Witold Rybczynski 2010
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Sometimes concentration takes new forms: power centers, office parks, theme parks, and villagelike planned communities in the middle of nowhere.
Makeshift Metropolis Witold Rybczynski 2010
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But no matter how villagelike a church community is today, members are inevitably going to come into contact with people who do question the rules.
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But no matter how villagelike a church community is today, members are inevitably going to come into contact with people who do question the rules.
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Ault describes Shawmut River Church as "villagelike."
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Ault describes Shawmut River Church as "villagelike."
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