Definition of "ribbonlike" []

• Having the characteristics of ribbons. (adjective)

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• "THE NET RESULTThe ribbonlike strands of p53 float to the double helix, where they keep a damaged cell from proliferating."
• "In any event, it occurred now to Lydia that she was on her way to the isolated domain of a man she hardly knew, dressed in attire that could be called skimpy, for there was nothing beneath the shirt and shorts but a ribbonlike garment for which briefs was perhaps too substantial a term."
• "Mr. Cloepfil's unusual solution cuts narrow, ribbonlike strips in a tight geometric pattern across the building's surface that continue three-dimensionally through the inside as light slots along ceilings and floors."