Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Resembling a star; stellated; radiated like a star: as, starlike flowers.
- Bright; lustrous; shining; luminous: as, starlike eyes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Resembling a star; stellated; radiated like a star.
- adjective Shining; bright; illustrious.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Resembling a
star , especially in shape - adjective Resembling or characteristic of a
celebrity or leadingactor .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective resembling a star
Etymologies
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Examples
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Mrs. Berry's fine eyes -- they had been called "starlike" twenty years before, by romantic young gentlemen -- filled with tears.
Fair Harbor Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907
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You take it all for granted and when I look you back it's with a starlike eye shooting its cold and egotistical spear where it can do least damage.
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.: Distant Celestial Fires Ph.D. Athena Andreadis 2011
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These are punctuated by starlike nodes and wavelike striations in low relief that are polished to a high gloss.
ArtScene: Current California Exhibitions You Should See ArtScene 2010
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These are punctuated by starlike nodes and wavelike striations in low relief that are polished to a high gloss.
ArtScene: Current California Exhibitions You Should See ArtScene 2010
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These are punctuated by starlike nodes and wavelike striations in low relief that are polished to a high gloss.
ArtScene: Current California Exhibitions You Should See ArtScene 2010
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Similarly, the statute refers to “knuckles of any substance” that can be “put to the same use with the same or similar effect” as metallic knuckles; nunchaku, zoobow “or any similar weapon” configured with two sticks connected by rope, chain, or wire; and shuriken or “any similar pointed starlike object intended to injure a person when thrown.”
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My starlike pretense found its final frontier in a room which was anonymous by nature.
Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011
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These are punctuated by starlike nodes and wavelike striations in low relief that are polished to a high gloss.
ArtScene: Current California Exhibitions You Should See ArtScene 2010
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Similarly, the statute refers to “knuckles of any substance” that can be “put to the same use with the same or similar effect” as metallic knuckles; nunchaku, zoobow “or any similar weapon” configured with two sticks connected by rope, chain, or wire; and shuriken or “any similar pointed starlike object intended to injure a person when thrown.”
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My starlike pretense found its final frontier in a room which was anonymous by nature.
Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011
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