Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective resembling a human.
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- adjective Having characteristics of a
human
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things
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Examples
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The schematic of Brahma-Shiva vanished, to be replaced at once by a depiction of a being that could be described as humanlike only in the broadest of terms.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010
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The schematic of Brahma-Shiva vanished, to be replaced at once by a depiction of a being that could be described as humanlike only in the broadest of terms.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010
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The schematic of Brahma-Shiva vanished, to be replaced at once by a depiction of a being that could be described as humanlike only in the broadest of terms.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010
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Really pointing out that things in “natural philosophy” could be worked out not by some kind of humanlike reasoning, but rather by representing the world in terms of mathematical constructs — and then using the abstract methods of mathematics (and calculus and so on) to work out their behavior.
Wolfram Blog : Stephen Wolfram on the Quest for Computable Knowledge 2009
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Not that I object to a different "humanlike" creature or hominid out there.
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Not that I object to a different "humanlike" creature or hominid out there.
January 2009 2009
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Not that I object to a different "humanlike" creature or hominid out there.
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There was no sign of excitement or any other kind of humanlike emotion on their ugly faces with their shrivelled, onion-shaped noses.
Unleashed Powers Brand, Kurt 1976
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A pile of "humanlike" bones recovered over the years the total volume of which would fill half a phone booth does not science make. See "
From On High 2008
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He was silent for a moment, then with a humanlike sigh he seemed to give up, slumped down on the deck.
Archive 2010-04-01 Blue Tyson 2010
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