familylike

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adjective

Resembling a family

Scrabble 22

Meanings

adjectivefamilylike (comparative more familylike, superlative most familylike)

comparative more familylike · superlative most familylike

  1. Resembling a family

    Print and online ads, posters and signs in stores present images of attractive models -- men, women, children -- as singles and pairs or in familylike groups.

    2009 January 8, Stuart Elliott, “As Consumers Try to Cut Back, Tropicana Promotes Quality and Value”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Englishfamily
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishfamilylike

From family + -like.

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APA

familylike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/familylike

MLA

“familylike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/familylike. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “familylike,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/familylike.

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