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Definition of Prisonlike
1. Adjective. Resembling a prison.
Definition of Prisonlike
1. Adjective. Resembling or characteristic of a prison ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prisonlike
Literary usage of Prisonlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New York Times Current History (1916)
"Nor is the life behind the harem walls in any way such a prisonlike existence as
it has been painted. We recall what happened some years ago when Pierre ..."
2. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"Nor is the life behind the harem walls in any way such a prisonlike existence as
it has been painted. We recall what happened some years ago when Pierre ..."
3. Macready's Reminiscences and Selections from His Diaries and Letters by William Charles Macready, Frederick Pollock (1875)
"London will begin to feel very prisonlike, I should imagine, if, as I hope it
may, this weather continues. Our freer country air will then, I trust, ..."
4. The Philanthropic Work of Josephine Shaw Lowell: Containing a Biographical by William Rhinelander Stewart (1911)
"LETCHWORTH : I am glad to see that you object to the prisonlike character of some
of our reformatories. I was shocked at the cells and general jail look of ..."
5. The Philanthropic Work of Josephine Shaw Lowell: Containing a Biographical by William Rhinelander Stewart (1911)
"WEST NEW BRIGHTON, May 16th, '76. MY DEAR MR. LETCHWORTH : I am glad to see that
you object to the prisonlike character of some of our ..."
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