puppylike

comparative more puppylike · superlative most puppylike

1. Resembling a puppy.

   The dog's appearance and behavior have been strongly influenced by a pervasive process of neoteny, causing it to remain more puppylike as an adult...

   2001, Steven R Lindsay, Handbook of Applied Dog Behavior and Training

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   The image is of the young boy next door: sad, thoughtful, pretty, and puppylike. Lyrically his songs are about being let down and stood up, about loneliness...

   1990, Simon Frith, Andrew Goodwin, On Record: Rock, Pop and the Written Word