Definition of "kittenlike" [kittenlike]

• Resembling a kitten or some aspect of one. (adjective)

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• "She who had never got up in the morning without the certainty of seeing familiar faces, people on whom she had an acknowledged claim; whose farthest journey had been to Rosseter on the pillion with her uncle; whose thoughts had always been taking holiday in dreams of pleasure, because all the business of her life was managed for her — this kittenlike"
• "Almost immediately, she curled up into a kittenlike ball, hands tucked beneath her chin and long, beautifully curved thighs drawn upward toward her body."
• "Instead of answering, she closed her eyes and stretched, kittenlike, her arms above her head."