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Meanings of rose-like in English

Roselike.

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Examples for "roselike"
1
The roselike glow sent forth its rays of rhyme; ways, days, blaze, praise, raise.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
2
It was delicately formed into roselike flowers.
Sloane Sisters
3
Her father shuddered, so awful was the contrast between the wizened, dirty-brown face and her roselike skin and fresh fairness.
The Second Generation
4
Its petals formed a corolla that was roselike, yet iterated over and over, whorls within whorls, past the point of ordinary botanical possibility.
The half-made world
5
And indeed I am inclined to question whether it is an advantage to a maiden's after career to be dewy-roselike in her unsophistication.
The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel
Usage of rose-like in English
1
In this toil that rose-like person was all over perspiration.
Bagh O Bahar, or Tales of the Four Darweshes
2
Durkin could see the rose-like glow between the phalanges of the fingers shielding the light.
Phantom Wires: A Novel
3
That poem will always be dear to me, stained with the life-blood of a rose-like hour.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906
4
Now, as she looked in the milliner's glass, she saw her own face, rose-like and delicate.
Jewel Weed
5
Ginevra's dress of deep crimson relieved well her light curls, and harmonized with her rose-like bloom.
Villette
6
Viola was in white, and her delicate, rose-like fairness delighted the audience, and the women clapped Lawton with good-will.
Five Nights: A Novel
7
Despite the Stone Roses-like delay, there is still talk of a third album, but don't hold your breath.
The Irish Times