turtlesque

comparative more turtlesque · superlative most turtlesque · alternative turtle-esque

1. Resembling or characteristic of turtles.

   If the response of a turtlesque church is to pull in its head at the rolling thunder, the greatest opportunity for revival in two thousand years will be missed.

   2005, Mark Rutland, Resurrection: Receiving and Releasing God's Greatest Miracle, Lake Mary, Fla: Creation House, page 78

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   Their mother had the same features, voice, and colouring, but slimness had developed into the turtlesque figure of a staunch type of British matron in her early fifties, who has no American prototype.

   1908, Mabel Osgood Wright, The Open Window: Tales of the Months, New York: The Macmillan Company, page 281

   The most offensive was 'that dirty old man, dr remsen, who is always spitting at me,' whilst the other one most in evidence was the big ideal bully, joe brewer,' to whom he always ascribed, when asked, any lesions, bruises, or other disfigurations of his own turtlesque physiognomy.

   1935, William Seabrook, Asylum, page 228

   She smiled as she looked at the clay turtle on her mantel. There was a lot to be said for the turtle that stuck his neck out and kept moving along in his undramatic, inconspicuous, persistent way. She had grown a hard shell, too, and she felt she had developed a certain "turtlesque" determination. Still smiling, she started up the stairs toward her undeanly bed where she knew she

   1955, Elizabeth K. Lawson, “Dean's-eye View”, in Educational Horizons, volume 34, number 2, page 147

   He sat there. Started looking a little more relaxed. started emerging in tiny degrees from his shell. Even had a little turtlesque smile growing there straight and flat across his weary features.

   2004, Chris Lynch, The Gravedigger's Cottage, HarperCollins, page 146

   Moe, of course, is older than coal and remains turtlesque, but he's still around, still working, and never misses the chance to spin favorite tunes for pretty girls who stop by the post office.

   2004, Ted Simendinger, Jurassic Trout: An Ensemble Comedy, Denver, Colo: Airplane Reader Pub. Co., page 175

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      Unfortunately, it prints text at such a turtlesque speed that for many applications it's not even in the running.

      1989 November 14, Steve Lewiski, “Toshiba Express Writer 301”, in PC Mag, page 328

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      This works on both Win95 and NT, but on NT the pace is positively turtlesque. The same is true when I discard pause and use a linkdll to "user" and use "getTickcount". Can anyone explain why NT is so much slower in running this script? TIA,

      1997 June 19, Mark Kaiser, “moving objects- NT vs. Win95”, in bit.listserv.toolb-l (Usenet)

      Two of the sanders break drive belts at the starting line, and two more are turtlesque which narrows the field quickly to four, setting up the final bracket.

      2009, Spike Carlsen, A Splintered History of Wood: Belt-Sander Races, Blind Woodworkers, and Baseball Bats, Harper Perennial, pages 114-115