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catlike

[kat-lahyk] / ˈkætˌlaɪk /
ADJECTIVE
like a cat
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Bayouth finds older women respond frequently to her female-figured sculptures, while a younger crowd is drawn to her catlike creatures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

She moved slowly, catlike, and seemed not too concerned.

From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2023

There’s all kinds of stuff that has tried to be a bit catlike in different ways—mongooses, things like that.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 4, 2023

He portrayed a cat policeman, he said in a 2016 interview for the Primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral History Project, and he particularly remembered delivering one line, catlike: “I have neeews.”

From New York Times ● May 16, 2023

Kaede felt Taisin tense with fear inside her, and the fear spread into her own body as she faced Elowen’s catlike golden eyes.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo




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