chapterlike

English

Etymology

chapter +‎ -like

Adjective

chapterlike (comparative more chapterlike, superlative most chapterlike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a chapter (section of a book).
   • 2000, René de Costa, Humor in Borges:

     The central narrative, purportedly the literal translation into Spanish of an English-language manuscript consisting of five numbered chapterlike sequences...

2. Resembling or characteristic of a chapter (branch of an organisation).
   • 2005, Frances Susan Hasso, Resistance, repression, and gender politics in occupied Palestine and Jordan:

     These groups differed from previous organizations because they were composed of chapterlike committees in villages, towns, and refugee camps...