Definition of "nunlike" [nunlike]

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

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• "The Church, which gave single women in the mission field schools, hospitals, even outlying stations of their own to run—an autonomy unthinkable for mission wives—demanded nunlike austerity in return."
• "I realize that my tank suit is Quaker and nunlike for this place."
• "They dress the part, sir, to admiration — a sort of nunlike costume they come in:"