dovelike

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Etymology

From dove +‎ -like.

Adjective

dovelike (comparative more dovelike, superlative most dovelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a dove.
    a dovelike wing
    dovelike grace
    dovelike eyes
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. , London: [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker ; nd by Robert Boulter ; nd Matthias Walker, , →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: , London: Basil Montagu Pickering , 1873, →OCLC:
      Thou from the first
      Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread
      Dove-like satst brooding on the vast Abyss
      And mad'st it pregnant.
  2. (figuratively) Peaceful; innocent; pacifist.

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Adverb

dovelike (comparative more dovelike, superlative most dovelike)

  1. In a manner similar to a dove
  2. (archaic) As much so as those of a dove
    • Montanus
      Phoebe's eyes Dovelike mild
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