henlike

comparative more henlike · superlative most henlike · alternative hen-like

1. Resembling or characteristic of a hen.

   Synonyms: hennish, henny

comparative more henlike · superlative most henlike · alternative hen-like

1. In the manner of a hen.

   This brought other States running henlike to the winner.

   1968, Time Capsule 1932: A History of the Year Condensed from the Pages of Time, New York, N.Y.: Time-Life Books, →LCCN, page 53

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   He was not going to squat henlike on his place as the cockies around him did.

   1901, Miles Franklin, “An Introduction to ’Possum Gully”, in My Brilliant Career, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, page 10

   But then there was the rain. And with it memories of Vanikarri and the iron huts of the wards and the black-cloaked sisters running henlike through the puddles and giggling.

   1956, Robert C[onroy] Goldston, The Eighth Day, New York, N.Y.; Toronto, Ont.: Rinehart & Company, Inc., →LCCN, page 198