Definition of "doglike" [doglike]

• Similar to a dog; canine. (adjective)
• Similar to that of a dog; as, a doglike nose, doglike devotion. (adjective)
• Befitting a dog; as, doglike treatment. (adjective)
• In a doglike way. (adverb)
• As one would act toward a dog; as, to treat someone doglike. (adverb)

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• "The name Cynic, derived from the Greek word for a dog, is variously accounted for, some attributing it to the 'doglike' habits of the school, others to their love of 'barking' criticism, others to the fact that a certain gymnasium in the outskirts of Athens, called"
• "The wives become screaming harridans or, broken-spirited and doglike, lose what little decency and self-respect they have remaining over from their maiden days, and all sink together, unheeding, in their degradation and dirt."
• "At the shoulder, the arm attached to a deformed body, one with a doglike rib cage, deep rather than wide."