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  • adjective Resembling a brook or some aspect of one.

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brook +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Still it was offered them for such a modest number of marks, and their driver proved so friendly and conversable, that they assented to the course of history, and were more and more reconciled as they bowled along through the grand-ducal park beside the waters of the classic Ilm. The waters of the classic Ilm.are sluggish and slimy in places, and in places clear and brooklike, but always a dull dark green in color.

    Complete March Family Trilogy William Dean Howells 1878

  • Broadway, and apparently springing from the hollow beneath, where the cable ran with such a brooklike gurgle that any damp-living plant must find itself at home there.

    Literature and Life (Complete) William Dean Howells 1878

  • Broadway, and apparently springing from the hollow beneath, where the cable ran with such a brooklike gurgle that any damp-living plant must find itself at home there.

    Short Stories and Essays (from Literature and Life) William Dean Howells 1878

  • a modest number of marks, and their driver proved so friendly and conversable, that they assented to the course of history, and were more and more reconciled as they bowled along through the grand-ducal park beside the waters of the classic Ilm. The waters of the classic Ilm.are sluggish and slimy in places, and in places clear and brooklike, but always a dull dark green in color.

    Their Silver Wedding Journey — Volume 3 William Dean Howells 1878

  • a modest number of marks, and their driver proved so friendly and conversable, that they assented to the course of history, and were more and more reconciled as they bowled along through the grand-ducal park beside the waters of the classic Ilm. The waters of the classic Ilm.are sluggish and slimy in places, and in places clear and brooklike, but always a dull dark green in color.

    Their Silver Wedding Journey — Complete William Dean Howells 1878

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