Sherlock Holmesish

comparative more Sherlock Holmesish · superlative most Sherlock Holmesish

1. Resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.

   Sir Berkeley stroked his beard and looked Sherlock Holmesish.

   1976, Betty Beaty, Love and the Kentish Maid, Harlequin, published 1976, →ISBN, page 131

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   "When I found the letters with a name which matched the initials I felt very Sherlock Holmesish. […]

   1959, Emilie Loring, With This Ring, Bantam, page 41

   […] the mystery bash's hostess sported a pearl necklace with an appropriately Sherlock Holmesish magnifying glass pendant, […]

   2011, Delia Rosen, One Foot in the Gravy, Kensington Books, published 2011, →ISBN, page 16

   Synonyms: Holmesish, Sherlockish, Sherlocky, Sherlock Holmesque, Sherlock Holmesy