cleflike

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

clef +‎ -like

Adjective[edit]

cleflike (comparative more cleflike, superlative most cleflike)

  1. Resembling a musical clef.
    • 2008 May 8, Karen Rosenberg, “Italian Sculptor Attuned to the Harmonic Occupation of Space”, in New York Times[1]:
      Early sculptures refer, often explicitly, to musical structure and notation: the torqued staffs of “Sculpture No. 17” (1935) or the cleflike curlicues of “Sculpture 11” (1934).