dulcimerlike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a dulcimer.

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Meanings

adjectivedulcimerlike (comparative more dulcimerlike, superlative most dulcimerlike)

comparative more dulcimerlike · superlative most dulcimerlike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a dulcimer.

    A gently droning main theme on a dulcimerlike instrument sets the mood as other instruments enter with delicate sliding figurations, speckled bursts of percussion and sustained chords that sound entrancingly off-pitch.

    2007 December 6, Anthony Tommasini, “Dreams (and Instruments) of a Visionary Tinkerer”, in New York Times

Origin

From dulcimer + -like.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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