hobbylike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a hobby (interest).

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Meanings

adjectivehobbylike (comparative more hobbylike, superlative most hobbylike)

comparative more hobbylike · superlative most hobbylike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a hobby (interest).

    With the lifting of his “depression,” he’d developed a new interest, hobbylike in its intensity, in framable and collectible railroad memorabilia, and he could happily have spent the whole day—the whole week!—pursuing it. . .

    2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

Origin

From hobby + -like.

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Translations

Finnish harrastusmainen
  • harrastusmainenTranslations
German hobbyartig
  • hobbyartigTranslations
Polish podobny do hobby
  • podobny do hobbyTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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