-like

Suffix

Meaning

Resembling, having some of the characteristics of (used to form adjectives from nouns).
a childlike voice
snake-like coils of rope

(dialectal) Used to form adverbs from adjectives or nouns; alternative of -ly.

Synonyms

Examples

Just like an alley in New York -like every alley in the world, apparently- it smelled like cat pee. Cassandra Clare

You don't know what a trial it is to be -like me. I've got to keep my face like steel in the street to keep men from winking at me. F. Scott Fitzgerald

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