militarylike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a military.

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Meanings

adjectivemilitarylike (comparative more militarylike, superlative most militarylike)

comparative more militarylike · superlative most militarylike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a military.

    The inmates and two accomplices executed the breakout with militarylike precision, witnesses said.

    2009 August 9, Nicola Clark, “In Some Prison Breaks Across Europe, Helicopters Replace the File in the Cake”, in New York Times

Origin

From military + -like.

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APA

militarylike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/militarylike

MLA

“militarylike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/militarylike. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “militarylike,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/militarylike.

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