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Definition of Ivylike
1. ivy [adj] - See also: ivy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ivylike
Literary usage of Ivylike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New Zealand: Being a Narrative of Travels and Adventures During a Residence by Joel Samuel Polack (1838)
"... original carving had long since been obliterated, and covered with ivylike moss.
The canoes were hastily paddled past this spot, ..."
2. South America, Past and Present by Luis Cincinato Bollo (1919)
"... blood-thirsty plunderers, infamous traitors, rebels, low-lived, cynical,
seditious insurgents, poison ivylike, and corruptors of the people. ..."
3. The Bronze Eagle: A Story of the Hundred Days by Emmuska Orczy Orczy (1915)
"... unbeknown to herself even, there were tendrils of affection in her that bound
her, ivylike, and so closely—to her father that even her girlish love for ..."
4. The Bride of Mission San José: A Tale of Early California by John Augustine Cull (1920)
"Vast tangles of blackberry bushes were everywhere, creeping up the canon side,
festooning projecting rocks, climbing trees, ivylike, and dropping their ..."
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