dovelike

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“Seidel would have given us the makers of Auden’s tigerish blazer and dovelike shoe,” he writes, “but he was never impressed enough that Auden didn’t.”

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2015

As in other of his books, in Unclay there are the simple-minded clergyman whom nothing shocks, the dovelike virgin, the innocent poor farmer, the rich farmer like a boar.

From Time Magazine Archive

For Henry James, an American girl abroad was a dovelike creature, all too easily undone by the serpentine charms of Old World society.

From Time Magazine Archive

Oregon's Republican Senator Mark Hatfield, who is articulate, attractive and only 44, has virtually ruled himself out of presidential consideration�at least for 1968�with his dovelike stance.

From Time Magazine Archive

In spite of the boy's name, however, underneath the strong faith and love, the true and deep devotion that were always his chief characteristics, lay a nature that was in no wise dovelike.

From Life of Saint Columba Apostle of Scotland by Forbes, F. A. (Frances Alice)