unpenguinlike

unpenguinlike

English

Etymology

un- +‎ penguinlike

Adjective

unpenguinlike (comparative more unpenguinlike, superlative most unpenguinlike)

1. Not penguinlike.
   • 2011, Carl Safina, The View from Lazy Point: A Natural Year in an Unnatural World, Henry Holt and Company (ISBN 9781429950350)

     Sitting unpenguinlike, with heads up high like ducks, they begin uttering honking calls as they paddle seaward.

   • 2013, Lawrence Sanders, The Eighth Commandment, Open Road Media (ISBN 9781453298428)

     Will you join me for dinner?” So we did, adjourning to the Bedlington dining room where we all had Chateaubriand with the best béarnaise sauce I've ever tasted. And two bottles of champagne. My employer was acting in a most unpenguinlike manner.

   • 2017, John Corwin, Overworld Chronicles Box Set Books 11-13: Urban Fantasy Thriller with Vampires, Demons, Wizards and Shifters, John Corwin

     Eyes glowing red, they stared at us in a very unpenguinlike manner.

Antonyms

• penguinlike