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Definition of Lawlike
1. being like the law [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lawlike
Literary usage of Lawlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Praxis of Alain Badiou by Paul Ashton, A J Bartlett, Justin Clemens (2006)
"(ie extensionally) fall under a 'lawlike' determinant, become discernible to the
situation, and fall short of genericity. Neither the 'anarchic' nor the ..."
2. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... Which shall endure as long as any Siinne May shine on earth, or water swimme
in SIMS, Let not my verse your lawlike minds disple»*c> 203 For well wot ..."
3. The World's Best Poetry by Bliss Carman (1904)
"A certain stage At least I reach, or dream I reach, where I discern Truer truths,
laws behold more lawlike than we learn When first we set our foot to tread ..."
4. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... May shine on earth, or water swimme in Seas, Let not my verse your lawlike
minds displease, 203 For well wot you, our master Christ Bin> selfe, ..."
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