-like

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English -like, -lik, from Middle English like, lik (“same, similar, alike”), from Old English ġelīc and Old Norse líkr (“same, similar, alike”). Reinforced by like (preposition). Doublet of -ly. Compare also Dutch -lijk (“-ly, -like”). === Suffix === -like (adjective-forming suffix, comparative more -like, superlative most -like) -like (adverb-forming suffix, comparative more -like, superlative most -like) Resembling, having some of the characteristics of (used to form adjectives from nouns). 1996, Kevin Siembieda, Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game page 128 under "Dark" Damage: Those with normal, human-like vision are blind (dialectal) Used to form adverbs from adjectives or nouns; alternative of -ly. ==== Usage notes ==== Words formed with like are often spelled with a hyphen. This is particularly the case with British spelling more so than American spelling, where it is somewhat more common to form the word without a hyphen. Though -like shares many meanings with -ly, -ly is most often paired with animate nouns while -like pairs with both animate and inanimate nouns. Thus one hears manly and friendly more often than manlike and friendlike. Exceptions such as childlike must therefore be learned by heart. ==== Synonyms ==== Note: the suffixes below cannot necessarily replace "-like", but are also used to form words having the same sense as words formed using "-like". quasi-, para-, -esque, -ish, -ly, -oid, -form/-iform, -some, -y; -ass (restricted to casual registers) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “-like”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “-like”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “-like” (US) / “-like” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary. “-like”, in Oxford Learner's Dictionaries -like in Britannica Dictionary === Anagrams === Kiel, Kile, kile, liek == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Suffix ==== -like alternative form of -ly (“adjectival suffix”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Suffix ==== -like alternative form of -ly (“adverbial suffix”)