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catlike

[kat-lahyk] / ˈkætˌlaɪk /
ADJECTIVE
like a cat
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Bayouth finds older women respond frequently to her female-figured sculptures, while a younger crowd is drawn to her catlike creatures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

Time magazine described her as “moving about the stage with catlike grace, her rich, ringing voice zooming with ease through the high, precarious lines,” and as a “girl with veins of fire.”

From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2024

She moved slowly, catlike, and seemed not too concerned.

From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2023

There’s all kinds of stuff that has tried to be a bit catlike in different ways—mongooses, things like that.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 4, 2023

Tsukiko tilts her head curiously, looking oddly like a bird with a catlike grin.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern


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