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Meanings of mouselike in English

Of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse.

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Usage of mouselike in English
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The little voices of the hermitage were giving their mouselike welcome.
The Tyranny of Weakness
2
I know the fine gentleman, and have had experience of his mouselike nature.
The Youth of the Great Elector
3
A group of small, mouselike creatures crawled out, sniffing the air.
Arcanum Unbounded
4
The tiny figure which had accidentally dislodged the pebble retreated mouselike into shadow.
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
5
Not a girl at all but a woman with a wrinkled mouselike face.
Lowboy
6
With her mouselike ears and upturned nose, she was undoubtedly the emperor's child.
Lily of the Nile
7
She was speaking, her low, modest voice as mouselike as the rest of her.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
8
The woman cupped the bag tenderly, protectively, her mouselike face gone featureless and stiff.
Lowboy
9
He heard the mouselike squeal of its young a moment later under the sapling floor.
Isobel : A Romance of the Northern Trail
10
As it writhed on the desk, the mouselike automaton let out a loud, pained squeal.
Android Karenina
11
He was slender, had short legs and mouselike feet.
The Burgess Animal Book for Children
12
Rustling comes from the next room but nothing indicates that anyone eavesdrops on his mouselike burrowing.
The windup girl
13
Quiet, almost mouselike, this frail young Quakeress sits in silence and baffles you with her contradictions.
Jailed for Freedom
14
Emily was barely moving now, both hands against the wall, cursing herself in steady mouselike hisses.
Lowboy
15
As Jack came out of the office, Mortimer appeared from an adjoining room in furtive, mouselike curiosity.
Over the Pass
16
The image of a young Chinese couple chewing gum in synchronized motion, their faces gray and mouselike.
The ministry of pain
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