alleylike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of an alley.

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Meanings

adjectivealleylike (comparative more alleylike, superlative most alleylike)

comparative more alleylike · superlative most alleylike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of an alley.

    Under the July sun the alleylike streets brimmed with melting heat through which a flat stale odour rose from the open gutter sewers...

    2004, Alan Le May, Pelican coast

Origin

From alley + -like.

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APA

alleylike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alleylike

MLA

“alleylike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alleylike. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alleylike,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alleylike.

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