sicklelike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a sickle.

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Meanings

adjectivesicklelike (comparative more sicklelike, superlative most sicklelike)

comparative more sicklelike · superlative most sicklelike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a sickle.

    Stunned, I took the sicklelike corn knife Fowler thrust into my hands and let myself be herded out toward the cornfield.

    1979, Octavia Butler, Kindred

Origin

From sickle + -like.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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