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Definition of Monkeyish
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monkeyish
Literary usage of Monkeyish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Introduction to the Study of Sociology by Edward Cary Hayes (1918)
"This is exactly the reverse of the common idea that imitation is the monkeyish
copying of externalities. The fact is that neither the common idea nor that ..."
2. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (1916)
"The eyes were melancholy as those of a monkey. — Good evening, gentlemen — said
the stubble grown monkeyish face. — Warm weather for March — said ..."
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