storklike
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Tall and thin with very long legs, often walking with long steps
- adjective
- /ˈstɔrkˌlaɪk/
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- The bird moved with a storklike elegance, balancing on one leg as it searched for food in the shallow water.
Examples
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"She looks over to the tire swing, where their oldest daughter stands, storklike, watching the trucks pull out across the street."
Fiction book (1999) -
I remembered Jason on the last night of camp, standing on one leg, storklike, at the front of the auditorium full of eighth-graders—his intense
Fiction book (1998) -
Her storklike grace made her a natural in ballet class, as she glided effortlessly across the floor.
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With her storklike frame, she easily towered over her classmates during the school photo.
How Storklike
storklike
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birdlike
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3.2
Surface Forms
storklike positive
Morphology
Etymology
The word storklike comes from the bird stork, known for its very long legs and a tall, graceful walk, plus the ending -like, which means 'similar to'. So storklike describes a person or movement that looks tall, thin, or moves like a stork.