knifelike

/nˈaɪflˌaɪk/

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Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

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adj

"The patient reported a knifelike pain in his abdomen."
"I hated the man at once. I lost not a moment. I darted my eyes across the table, caught his, and stabbed him with one of those withering knifelike glances that only the descendants of the great can inflict."

Etymology tree English knife Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English knifelike From knife + -like.

more knifelike (comparative) most knifelike (superlative)

lifelike

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How do you pronounce knifelike?

The recorded pronunciation is /nˈaɪflˌaɪk/.

What does knifelike mean?

Resembling a knife or its effects.

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