loverlike

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English

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Etymology

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From lover +‎ -like.

Adjective

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loverlike (comparative more loverlike, superlative most loverlike)

  1. Befitting or characteristic of a lover. [from 16th c.]
    • 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XXII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: [], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: [] S[amuel] Richardson;  [], →OCLC:
      I am very uneasy to think how I have been drawn on one hand, and driven on the other, into a clandestine, in short, into a more lover-like correspondence, which my heart condemns.
    • [c. 1792], [Jane Austen], “The Three Sisters: a novel”, in Volume the First, page 171:
      “So, Miſs Stanhope (said he) you see I am come a courting in a true Lover like Manner.”