justice-like

comparative more justice-like · superlative most justice-like · alternative justicelike

1. Resembling or characteristic of a justice or justice.

   He had grown quite fat, and had a very justice-like rotundity of body.

   1834 November, “My Classmates”, in The Southern Literary Messenger: Devoted to Every Department of Literature and the Fine Arts, volume I, number 3, Richmond: T. W. White

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   […]: it is a wonderfull thing to ſee the ſemblable coherence of his mens ſpirits, and his, they, by obſeruing him, do beare themſelues like fooliſh Iuſtices: hee, by conuerſing with them, is turned into a Iuſtice-like ſeruingman, their ſpirits are ſo married in coniunction, with the participation of ſociety, that they flocke together in conſent, like ſo many wild-geeſe.

   c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]

   […]unless you give us a liberty-loving, justice-like looking platform, the ides of October next will find Sewardiism standing with both feet on the political grave of every Sam in the land.

   1855 June 13, “Speech of Thomas H. Ford”, in The Summit Beacon, volume 16, number 52 (whole 91), Akron, Ohio, published 4 July 1855

   “This way, sir, if you please,” said the clerk, and the next minute Jared was standing like a prisoner at the bar before his justice-like brother in a private room—standing, for Richard did not offer him a chair.

   1877, George Manville Fenn, “At Austin Friars”, in A Little World, volume II, London: Henry S. King & Co., page 208

   […]I beseech and adjure you to hand me over the bosom and left leg of your capon, together with one French roll, and let me, justice-like, line my paunch therewith;

   1877 February 22, F. Bradnack, “A Ghost Story”, in Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, volume XLVI, number 15,211, Buffalo, N.Y., chapter VI (A Christmas Guest)

   The court house had thrown off her frowning, justice-like look, and reared her dome in quite a gay and festive manner, seemingly proud of her green draperies and patriotic ensigns.

   1886 October 13, “The Soldiers’ Reunion”, in The Perry County Democrat, volume 50, number 18, New Bloomfield, Pa.