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- adjective Resembling a
fawn or some aspect of one.
Etymologies
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Examples
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She was shorter than me by at least six inches, about my age, with reddish-brown hair, a wide face and fawnlike eyes the color of Coca-Cola.
Richard Paul Evans Ebook Christmas Set Richard Paul Evans 2009
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And that's when Yuki realized that it wasn't just the pressure of the trial and the scorching focus of the media that was freaking her out; it was Junie Moon, sitting now beside her attorney, looking so fawnlike and vulnerable in her cream-colored suit and lace collar that she was almost transparent.
7th Heaven Patterson, James 2008
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Following this line of reasoning, I think that the PetStore was one of the worst evils inflicted on the young, innocent, fawnlike Java Enterprise Edition.
Archive 2005-08-01 Neal Ford 2005
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Following this line of reasoning, I think that the PetStore was one of the worst evils inflicted on the young, innocent, fawnlike Java Enterprise Edition.
Technology Snake Oil, Part 4b: Prescriptive Approaches in the Large Neal Ford 2005
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Dashiell no longer looked perennially young or entirely fawnlike, nor Tom like an older teacher to this precocious student.
The Position Meg Wolitzer 2005
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Each was talking on a cell phone, ignoring the leggy young dates who clustered, fawnlike, at their sides.
Last Lullaby Denise Hamilton 2004
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But the cautious mother had known how easy it would be to frighten her timid fawnlike child.
Castle Richmond 2004
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Each was talking on a cell phone, ignoring the leggy young dates who clustered, fawnlike, at their sides.
Last Lullaby Denise Hamilton 2004
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Standing closer to her, Maritza marveled at her gray eyes, round and almost fawnlike.
The Good House Tananarive Due 2003
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The Breeze noticed that she had a wide-eyed, fawnlike look — Bambi with too much mascara.
Practical Demonkeeping Moore, Christopher, 1957- 1992
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