instrumentlike

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adjective

Like an instrument.

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Meanings

adjectiveinstrumentlike (comparative more instrumentlike, superlative most instrumentlike)

comparative more instrumentlike · superlative most instrumentlike

  1. Like an instrument.

    For nonmusicians, it’s a way to coax sounds — often programmed to stay on key no matter what note one actually plays — out of what may be the only instrumentlike device they ever pick up.

    2009 October 1, Jason Turbow, “Tapping Your Inner Clapton”, in New York Times

Origin

From instrument + -like.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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