apish
Example Sentences
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The shoulders were apish too, and the widely flaring blades of the pelvis were as primitive as Lucy’s—but the bottom of the same pelvis looked like a modern human’s.
From National Geographic ● Sep. 10, 2015
According to evolutionary theorists , we probably owe these unsavory blemishes to our having lost our apish pelts too rapidly for our own good.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2011
His theory began to evolve when he noticed a distinction between anthropoid and apish mimicry: children can imitate such actions as shaving and shooting without using razors or guns; but apes cannot, or do not.
From Time Magazine Archive
But unlike its apish kin, it had a clearly human characteristic.
From Time Magazine Archive
He goes on to say that false humour is given to little apish tricks, and buffooneries.
From History of English Humour, Vol. 2 by Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange
