ivorylike

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adjective

Resembling ivory.

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Meanings

adjectiveivorylike (comparative more ivorylike, superlative most ivorylike)

comparative more ivorylike · superlative most ivorylike

  1. Resembling ivory.

    The waxen pallor of her face was almost spiritual in its ivorylike purity though her rosebud mouth was a genuine Cupid's bow, Greekly perfect.

    1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC

Origin

From ivory + -like.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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