preacherlike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a preacher.

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Meanings

adjectivepreacherlike (comparative more preacherlike, superlative most preacherlike)

comparative more preacherlike · superlative most preacherlike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a preacher.

    The preacherlike man asked his friend, who had become silent.

    1988 May 13, Rod McCollom, “Fund-Raiser”, in Chicago Reader
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    Looking like no stranger to hard work, Jim was tall and lean with a deep, resonant, preacherlike voice and manner.

    2013, K. T. Berger, Where the Road and the Sky Collide, →ISBN

Origin

From preacher + -like.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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