preacherlike
English
Etymology
From preacher + -like.
Adjective
preacherlike (comparative more preacherlike, superlative most preacherlike)
- Resembling or characteristic of a preacher.
- 1988 May 13, Rod McCollom, “Fund-Raiser”, in Chicago Reader:
- The preacherlike man asked his friend, who had become silent.
- 2013, K. T. Berger, Where the Road and the Sky Collide, →ISBN:
- Looking like no stranger to hard work, Jim was tall and lean with a deep, resonant, preacherlike voice and manner.
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