Please, kindly; used in giving a non-concrete instruction. / So to speak, like; used to indicate that a description is not standard.

Used to challenge another's use of a term, replacing it with something the speaker or writer considers more pertinent.

Resembling or characteristic of asparagus.

Alternative spelling of bulllike Earlier and more common.

Alternative spelling of bulllike Earlier and more common.

(manner, US, dated) Intensely. / (as response, US, dated) Definitely not.

Alternative spelling of liquidlike

(colloquial, chiefly US, with clause) To behave as though. / (colloquial, chiefly US, with a noun) To behave in the manner of.

Alternative form of catlike

(colloquial, simile) Bravely, decisively, and without complaining.