Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling a mummy (embalmed corpse) or some aspect of one.

Etymologies

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mummy +‎ -like

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Examples

  • She was content to just lie there, half in his lap, half on the ground, his hands holding her sides, her arms folded mummylike on her chest.

    Something Unpredictable Barbara Chepaitis 2003

  • She was content to just lie there, half in his lap, half on the ground, his hands holding her sides, her arms folded mummylike on her chest.

    Something Unpredictable Barbara Chepaitis 2003

  • She was content to just lie there, half in his lap, half on the ground, his hands holding her sides, her arms folded mummylike on her chest.

    Something Unpredictable Barbara Chepaitis 2003

  • It had lost its mummylike wrapping and was clothed in flesh, or some doughy, putty-colored substance intended to imitate flesh.

    Incubus Arensberg, Ann, 1937- 1999

  • It took a moment to spot Diana wrapped in overlapping bands of power and propped, mummylike, against the wall.

    Blood Lines Huff, Tanya 1993

  • The Outsiders stayed away till their mummylike captain finished reading and helped himself to a spare lunch.

    The Dragon Never Sleeps Cook, Glen 1988

  • Gord cried, his hand going to his sword hilt The stuff of the ray seemed to have substance of Its own. and it congealed and formed to sheathe Poztif in a mummylike wrapping of color.

    Night Arrant Gygax, Gary 1987

  • In fact, the occupant of the cage wore a mummylike cylinder of heavy rope that encased him from ankle to neck.

    The Moment Of The Magician Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984

  • In fact, the occupant of the cage wore a mummylike cylinder of heavy rope that encased him from ankle to neck.

    The Moment of the Magician Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984

  • In fact, the occupant of the cage wore a mummylike cylinder of heavy rope that encased him from ankle to neck.

    The Moment of the Magician Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984

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