Definitions

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  • adjective resembling a human.

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  • adjective Having characteristics of a human

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  • adjective suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things

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Examples

  • The schematic of Brahma-Shiva vanished, to be replaced at once by a depiction of a being that could be described as humanlike only in the broadest of terms.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010

  • The schematic of Brahma-Shiva vanished, to be replaced at once by a depiction of a being that could be described as humanlike only in the broadest of terms.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010

  • The schematic of Brahma-Shiva vanished, to be replaced at once by a depiction of a being that could be described as humanlike only in the broadest of terms.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010

  • Really pointing out that things in “natural philosophy” could be worked out not by some kind of humanlike reasoning, but rather by representing the world in terms of mathematical constructs — and then using the abstract methods of mathematics (and calculus and so on) to work out their behavior.

    Wolfram Blog : Stephen Wolfram on the Quest for Computable Knowledge 2009

  • Not that I object to a different "humanlike" creature or hominid out there.

    Agogwe, Bigfoot and Hobbits 2009

  • Not that I object to a different "humanlike" creature or hominid out there.

    January 2009 2009

  • Not that I object to a different "humanlike" creature or hominid out there.

    Agogwe, Bigfoot and Hobbits 2009

  • There was no sign of excitement or any other kind of humanlike emotion on their ugly faces with their shrivelled, onion-shaped noses.

    Unleashed Powers Brand, Kurt 1976

  • A pile of "humanlike" bones recovered over the years the total volume of which would fill half a phone booth does not science make. See "

    From On High 2008

  • He was silent for a moment, then with a humanlike sigh he seemed to give up, slumped down on the deck.

    Archive 2010-04-01 Blue Tyson 2010

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