chamberlike

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adjective

Resembling chamber music.

OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English chamber →
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Meanings

adjectivechamberlike (comparative more chamberlike, superlative most chamberlike)

comparative more chamberlike · superlative most chamberlike

  1. entertainmentResembling chamber music.

    “Fantasy” (Palmetto) is Mr. Mays’s other recent effort, and on it he presents chamberlike originals and canonical reinterpretations (again including Debussy, Bach and Scriabin).

    2007 September 2, Nate Chinen, “That Ticking Sound? It’s Beck’s New Single”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Englishchamber
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishchamberlike

From chamber + -like.

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APA

chamberlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chamberlike

MLA

“chamberlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chamberlike. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chamberlike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chamberlike.

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