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ˈriver-like, adv. and a.
[f. river n.1 + -like.]
A. adv. In the manner of or like a river.
1646J. Benbrigge Vsura Acc. 18 Thankfulnesse to God, River-like, returnes unto the Ocean of his glory, those streames of blessings [etc.]. 1868Browning Ring & Bk. iii. 165 Prosperity rolled river-like.
B. adj. Characteristic of or resembling a river.
1830Miss Mitford Village Ser. iv. (1863) 252 Where the..brook winds away..until it spreads into a river-like dignity. 1839–48Bailey Festus xiv. 137 If I could ever think to wrong A love so riverlike, deep, pure, and long. 1878Stanley Dark Cont. I. xvi. 425 These watercourses, though called rivers, show no running stream, but only river-like marshes. |