pillarlike

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English

Etymology

From pillar +‎ -like.

Adjective

pillarlike (comparative more pillarlike, superlative most pillarlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a pillar.
    • 2009 September 12, Alastair Macaulay, “One Man’s Wordless Battle With Claustrophobia”, in New York Times:
      At another, now upside down but still pillarlike, he makes a further such display, tapping his foot as if he had time to kill, and all this were mere ennui.