Meanings
comparative more rugbylike · superlative most rugbylike · alternative rugby-like
- Similar to or reminiscent of rugby.
(already the rugbylike form of the game was [developing])
2004, Robert Cowley, What Ifs? Of American History: Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been, Penguin, →ISBN2 more examples
But perhaps our example of the heart that both pumps blood and is employed in a rugbylike game can still be of help.
2007, Paul R. DeHart, Uncovering the Constitution's Moral Design, University of Missouri Press, →ISBN, page 60Now everyone from his table was jigging around in a fearful, nervous rugbylike scrum, while people from other tables were rushing over to shout suggestions.
2018, Laura Childs, Pekoe Most Poison, Penguin, →ISBN, page 10
Origin
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rugbylike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rugbylike
“rugbylike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rugbylike. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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