dovelike

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“Seidel would have given us the makers of Auden’s tigerish blazer and dovelike shoe,” he writes, “but he was never impressed enough that Auden didn’t.”

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2015

Oregon's Republican Senator Mark Hatfield, who is articulate, attractive and only 44, has virtually ruled himself out of presidential consideration�at least for 1968�with his dovelike stance.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the Assembly this week, Russia's Andrei Vishinsky angrily rejected the compromise plan, and just as vituperatively departed from Moscow's usual dovelike cooings at India.

From Time Magazine Archive

Percy's position, while certainly not dovelike, was far less militant than Douglas'.

From Time Magazine Archive

But left alone with Mrs. Stringham Milly continued to breathe it: she studied again the dovelike and so set her companion to mere rich reporting that she averted all inquiry into her own case.

From The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2 by James, Henry