toylike
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Looks small, simple, and bright as if made for children to play with
- adjective
- /ˈtɔɪˌlaɪk/
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parecido a un juguete
- The toylike design of the furniture made it perfect for children's play areas.
- little toylike
Examples
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She admired the toylike birdhouse, which was painted in bright colors and had a whimsical shape.
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There was something toylike about the displays that reminded Lim of childhood, and yet he walked among them like a giant.
Fiction book (1999) -
My chief responsibility was to take down the flag at sunset from its mast on the flat roof above the seventh floor, and every Sunday I tested my newfound courage by looking down from the edge at the little people waiting for the yellow, toylike streetcars.
Academic text (2007) -
His collection included several toylike robots that were both fun and educational.
How Toylike
Surface Forms
toylike positive
Morphology
Etymology
Toylike comes from the simple word toy, which means 'plaything', plus the ending -like, which means 'similar to'. So something toylike looks or feels small, simple, or playful, like a toy.