dungeon-like

comparative more dungeon-like · superlative most dungeon-like

1. alternativeAlternative form of dungeonlike.

   Sometimes, with a ſtrict injunction of ſilence, Jemima would allow Maria, at the cloſe of evening, to ſtray along the narrow avenues that ſeparated the dungeon-like apartments, leaning on her arm.

   1798, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, “[Maria: or, The] Wrongs of Woman”, in W[illiam] Godwin, editor, Posthumous Works of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. […], volume I, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […]; and G[eorge,] G[eorge] and J[ohn] Robinson, […], →OCLC, chapter II, pages 27–28

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   It certainly appeared, from the report of the young hunters, that they had discovered a much more desirable place of refuge than the dark, chill, dungeon-like cave behind the old hut, which they had contemplated, in extreme need, might afford concealment to Mr. Merton and the females.

   1855, Anne Bowman, Esperanza; or, The Home of the Wanderers, London: G[eorge] Routledge & Co., […], page 325

   […] in the outermost suburbs, I came upon a darkly looming building, from the dungeon-like basement of which there emerged a caretaker called Bartoloměj Smečka, a veteran, it seemed, of long-lost campaigns, clad in a crumpled redingote and a flowered fancy waistcoat with a gold watch chain draped over it, […]

   2001, Anthea Bell, transl., Austerlitz, New York, N.Y.: Random House, translation of original by Winfried Georg Sebald, →ISBN, page 149