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birdlike

birdlike

3 3.2
Like a bird in how it looks, moves, or sounds
  • adjective
  • /ˈbɜrdˌlaɪk/
translation icon : similar a un pájaro
  • With her birdlike features and delicate movements, she captured everyone's attention.
  • birdlike dinosaur
  • birdlike face
  • birdlike woman

Examples

  • Auntie Jilt's sharp, birdlike face was pinched and harsh.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Shan turned to find the birdlike woman standing with a cup of tea.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Her bright, dark, birdlike eyes seem to fly over the printed words.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Do they fall into hell, or are they only birdlike on currents of air?

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Meguet, transfixed and birdlike, could not look away.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Mrs. Braxton-Hancock was in her sixties, a tiny bundle of energy with birdlike motions.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Elsewhere, Bea describes Cassandra as a small, pretty, birdlike woman, physically the opposite of her antagonist at Oak Grove Seminary.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Annabelle was flanked by Bertie Pendleton and a diminutive, dark-haired lady whose bright, birdlike eyes darted about her with keen interest.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The dancer moved with a birdlike grace, her arms flaring elegantly as she twirled.

  • He had a birdlike appearance, with bright eyes and a slender neck almost resembling a heron.

Synonyms

avian
vsbirdlike
16 6.0

Relating to birds

focuses on resembling that animal in appearance, movement, or manner rather than relation
birdy
vsbirdlike
1 6.8

Like a bird in how it looks, sounds, or moves

is broader, noting resemblance in appearance, movement, or manner

How Hawk-like

hawklike
1 5.3
predatory
8 4.8
birdlike
3 3.2

Surface Forms

birdlike positive

Morphology

birdlike = bird (transparent) = bird + like

The adjective is directly formed by adding the productive suffix '-like' to 'bird', meaning 'resembling a bird'.

Etymology

Birdlike is made from bird and the ending -like, where -like means 'similar to'. So birdlike describes something that looks, moves, or sounds like a bird.