Definition of "antlike" [antlike]

• Resembling an ant. Often used specifically in reference to apparent size or significance (adjective)

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• "We all poured into the room in long antlike lines, and the mess hall became filled with a collective air of excitement."
• "How could dominions and virtues fathom the antlike importance of a single human life when their focus was that of continents and the order of the cosmos?"
• "In spite of their cunning philosophy and of their antlike proclivities for cooperation, Nature rejected them for the exceptional man."