dovelike
4.2
Calm and gentle in appearance and manner, making others feel safe
- adjective
- /ˈdʌvˌlaɪk/
:
gentil
- Her dovelike manner instantly put the nervous children at ease during the storytelling session.
Examples
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The artist created a dovelike atmosphere in the garden, where everyone felt calm and at peace.
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It is dovelike and reassuring.
Academic text (1992) -
With his dovelike expression, he conveyed a sense of innocence that touched everyone in the room.
Synonyms
sweet-natured
vsdovelike
2
3.2
Kind and gentle toward others
focuses on peaceful innocent appearance rather than general friendliness
lamblike
vsdovelike
6.3
Very gentle and quiet like a lamb
is gentle and peaceful but not especially submissive or passive
fawnlike
vsdovelike
7.0
Having a gentle, shy, innocent manner like a young deer
is peaceful and innocent rather than especially nervous or timid
Antonyms
Compounds
How Gentle
Surface Forms
dovelike positive
Morphology
Etymology
Dovelike comes from the bird dove, which people see as soft, calm, and innocent, and the ending -like meaning 'similar to'. So to be dovelike means having a gentle, peaceful manner or look.