cattish

Example Sentences

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His deviousness, clowning and attention-seeking have something fittingly and convincingly cattish about them.

From The Guardian • Jan. 6, 2011

Penelope is "the sly cattish wife," Odysseus "that cold-blooded egotist," Telemachus "the priggish son who yet met his master-prig in Menelaus."

From Time Magazine Archive

Sort of cattish way of implying that the fair Olga could get along without any moon at all.

From West Wind Drift by McCutcheon, George Barr

‘Tell me to change back into Maurice,’ said Maurice who was quite worn out by his cattish experiences.

From The Magic World by Millar, H. R. (Harold Robert)

"We," said Harry, "give pussy something out of our plates all cooked and nice, and so I suppose she is a better cat, and less cattish."

From True Stories about Dogs and Cats by Follen, Eliza Lee Cabot