sticklike
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- adjective
- /ˈstɪkˌlaɪk/
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- Across one wall, a hunt was frozen in time, sticklike deer lying on the ground, sticklike men dancing in victory.
- sticklike figure
- sticklike arm
Examples
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The arms and hands were closer to those of a human, but the legs were long and sticklike.
Fiction book (1991) -
Across one wall, a hunt was frozen in time, sticklike deer lying on the ground, sticklike men dancing in victory.
Fiction book (1995) -
"One hand lifted, a sticklike finger jabbing.
Fiction book (1991) -
The dust drifts across it, revealing a cricket pitch, with tiny sticklike figures running on the green.
Fiction book (1992) -
Black took her sticklike arms and hollow face and the stubbly remnant of her nose.
Fiction book (1992) -
Each square canvas featured a line of rectangular, boxlike bodies with wide shoulders and sticklike limbs.
Fiction book (1995) -
"Don't think you could be looking for Inchis, though," the sticklike insect told him, turning his long head to stare out the door of the dilapidated hangar.
Fiction book (1991) -
Above the neckline, these screen-rendered beauties sprout coarsely painted, flailing, sticklike arms and seem to share a single balloon-like head.
Academic text (2012) -
The tall, sticklike plant swayed gently in the breeze.
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She modeled a dress that accentuated her sticklike figure, making her appear elegant and tall.
Synonyms
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Very thin and long like a single hair
Long and thin like a small branch
Shaped like a long thin stick
Thin and small like a little branch
Long and round like a tube
Very thin and like a strand of hair
Antonyms
How Thin
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word sticklike comes from stick and the ending -like, where stick is a long thin piece of wood and -like means 'similar to'. So, sticklike describes something that looks thin and straight, just like a stick.