Harry-Potterish

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1. alternativeAlternative form of Harry Potterish.

   Here the apostle engages in a Harry-Potterish competition in sorcery.

   2004, Edward Stourton, Paul of Tarsus: A Visionary Life, HiddenSpring, published 2005, →ISBN, page 77

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   There is a frequent Harry-Potterish deflation of tension; a mounting crisis tends to be resolved before it can cause the reader too much anxiety.

   2000 September 21, Daniel Soar, “Willesden Fast-Forward”, in London Review of Books, volume 22, number 18, page 31; quoted in Janet Witalec, editor, Contemporary Literary Criticism: Criticism of the Works of Today’s Novelists, Poets, Playwrights, Short Story Writers, Scriptwriters, and Other Creative Writers, volume 158, Gale, 2002, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 248, column 2

   She led them through a corridor of Harry-Potterish aspect, past strange and fusty exhibits of rocks and shells and stuffed creatures — likely donated cast-offs of former members — to what had been Lexy’s room during her short stay at the college.

   2010, G. M. Malliet, Death at the Alma Mater, Wheeler Publishing, →ISBN, page 255

   […] the gimnazija has a splendid Harry-Potterish Gothic feel with its arches, long corridors and leather bound library.

   2010, Robert MacCurrach, In the Bend of the River: Finding Vojvodina, Novi Sad: Bookstream, →ISBN, page 118

   I look up to ask Guy another question and notice, seemingly out of nowhere, a great horned owl sitting opposite me, near Lynette. It startles me, and I start to scoot back, away from the fire. Lynette laughs and says, “He’s here for you, you know.” “What do you mean?” I ask, thinking of all the old Native American stories connecting owls with death. “A little too Harry-Potterish for you?” she asks playfully.

   2014, Jane Peranteau, Jumping, Hampton Roads Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 80

   Escape the crowds on a walk around the Fern Garden and Arboretum, investigate toxic plants in the Harry-Potterish Poison Garden, or explore the landscaped nooks and crannies of the Rock Close.

   2016, Fionn Davenport, Damian Harper, Catherine Le Nevez, Ryan Ver Berkmoes, Neil Wilson, Ireland, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 222, column 1