dovelike
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See also: dove-like
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dovelike (comparative more dovelike, superlative most dovelike)
- Resembling or characteristic of a dove.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- Thou from the first
Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread
Dove-like satst brooding on the vast Abyss
And mad'st it pregnant.
- (figuratively) Peaceful; innocent; pacifist.
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dovelike (comparative more dovelike, superlative most dovelike)