monkeylike
3.6
Moving quickly and skillfully in a playful way like an animal that climbs and swings
- adjective
- /ˈmʌŋkiˌlaɪk/
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simiesco
- The new living creature with an innocent, monkeylike face, who had played around with Yoshiko, changing her into several different persons, sucked strongly at the breast of the mother whom it had at one time brought face to face with death and at another driven to the edge of insanity.
Examples
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The child climbed the tree with monkeylike agility, reaching the top in mere seconds.
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Hallaj, with her monkeylike curiosity, foiled most, though not all, of that plan.
Fiction book (1999) -
The artist portrayed the character with a playful, monkeylike expression that made everyone laugh.
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His monkeylike behavior at the party suggested he was feeling very excited and energetic.
Synonyms
simian
vsmonkeylike
3
7.7
Like an ape or monkey
focuses specifically on resembling smaller tree-dwelling primates
apelike
vsmonkeylike
1
5.4
Having the look or movement of a monkey
emphasizes resemblance to smaller tree-dwelling primates rather than large ones
anthropoid
vsmonkeylike
1
8.0
Like an ape in shape or behavior
stresses visible look or action similarity rather than internal structure
anthropoidal
vsmonkeylike
1
9.9
Having the shape and features of an ape
is about outward appearance or behaviour rather than technical structure
How Monkeylike
Surface Forms
monkeylike positive
Morphology
Etymology
Monkeylike is made of monkey and like, so it simply means 'similar to a monkey'. Think of quick, playful movements or a face copying a monkey — that's why monkeylike describes how someone looks or moves like a monkey.