Definitions
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- adjective Resembling or characteristic of a
drop of liquid.
Etymologies
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drop + -like
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Examples
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It will droplike a stone, taking both US and major foreign economies down to depression level with it.
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In Guttate psoriasis, small droplike, scaly areas appear on the torso, limbs and scalp.
unknown title 2009
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In their form, their liquid, droplike appearance, they distill the essence of this appalling summer.
NYT > Opinion By VERLYN KLINKENBORG 2009
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When water strikes the moistened surface it at once loses the droplike form which all fluids assume when they fall through the air. [
Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography Nathaniel Southgate Shaler 1873
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