Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Suitable.
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Examples
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I agree that the physical exam is humanizing, so much that later on in my career, when I routinely donned space suit-like gowns and masks to examine patients during rounds on the leukemia and bone marrow transplant services at our hospital, I became frustrated by those barriers and by the very lack of touch which, I think, really helps patients to heal.
Dr. Elaine Schattner: The Physical Exam Provides More Than Emotional Value 2010
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However, even feminine styles started showing (masculine) military influence with sharply squared shoulders and slim, suit-like tailored (skirt) suits, as can be seen in this famous scene from Casablanca (1942).
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The rest of the outfit tempers the tattoo-like boldness of the lace with its neutral gray 3/4 length suit-like fit, paired with the familiar high, prim neckline, and feminine bubble sleeves.
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They're much neater and easier to wear than suits, although I did wear them with jackets to get a more suit-like power-bitch look.
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Shaq had a leisure suit-like ensemble with huge side pockets on the pants.
USATODAY.com - MCI Center becomes 'House of Style' for NBA stars 2001
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In it, a rotund man, wearing a greenish, hazmat suit-like outfit, is depicted (literally) leaving the picture plane, some sort of package tucked snugly under his arm.
artforum.com 2010
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And it's so nice to have a suit-like thing that I don't have to worry about keeping immaculate.
Wired Campus 2010
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If your husband is going to forgo a suit, the dark color of these combos and the structure of the wool blazers offer them some formality without being suit-like.
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Rinsky and his team, encased in space suit-like outfits to reduce infection risk, worked with utmost care.
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