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Definition of Loverlike
1. Adjective. Like or in the manner of a lover.
Definition of Loverlike
1. Adjective. Resembling a lover or some aspect of one. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Loverlike
Literary usage of Loverlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Making of Carlyle: An Experiment in Biographical Explication by Robert S. Craig (1908)
"She had been frightened and, loverlike, she hesitated no longer. ... Manfully and
loverlike he hastened to offer himself and fortunes in her distress, ..."
2. The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy (1917)
"To Yeobright any possibility of this sort was a serious matter; and he almost
felt troubled at the thought of it. Every pulse of loverlike feeling which had ..."
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