Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a hero; heroic.

Etymologies

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hero +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Despite the $200 haircut and the definitively un-herolike Jimmy Choos, Sulzberger and Keller have done a remarkable job with the packaging.

    Megan Pillow: The Fate of Gotham 2008

  • Being sleepy, bored, as well as egocentric in measures only healthy, I Googled "herolike Kuwait" and came upon the post linked above, and realized that a third party, someone from an entirely different blog, had also replied to my comment.

    Safat: The KuwaitBlogs' Aggregator 2008

  • Let me stress that people can think whatever they want (ma3a inna il Kuwaityeen lazim a7ad yachweehom yalla yfakroon idaf3oon 3an nafs'hom,) but this was something I fundamentally disagree with: herolike!

    Safat: The KuwaitBlogs' Aggregator 2008

  • “Get his callback and get him to use it, and make sure we don’t get the SWAT boys in their little Johnny Ninja outfits tossing them bangers in and trying to be all herolike.”

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • “Get his callback and get him to use it, and make sure we don’t get the SWAT boys in their little Johnny Ninja outfits tossing them bangers in and trying to be all herolike.”

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • “Get his callback and get him to use it, and make sure we don’t get the SWAT boys in their little Johnny Ninja outfits tossing them bangers in and trying to be all herolike.”

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

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