Synonyms for dovelike
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : duhv |
| Phonetic Transcription : dÊŒv |
Top 10 synonyms for dovelike Other synonyms for the word dovelike
- agreeable
- biddable
- bland
- cultivated
- disciplined
- docile
- domesticated
- dove-like
- dovelike
- easy
- green
- inexperienced
- kindly
- laid back
- lenient
- manageable
- meek
- merciful
- naive
- pacific
- peaceful
- placid
- pleasant
- pleasing
- pliable
- pure
- quiet
- sinless
- soft
- softhearted
- sweet-tempered
- sympathetic
- tame
- taught
- temperate
- tender
- tractable
- trained
- uncorrupted
- undefiled
- unworldly
- warmhearted
- wide-eyed
Définition of dovelike
Origin :- probably from Old English dufe- (found only in compounds), from Proto-Germanic *dubon (cf. Old Saxon duba, Old Norse dufa, Swedish duva, Middle Dutch duve, Dutch duif, Old High German tuba, German Taube, Gothic -dubo), perhaps related to words for "dive," in reference to its flight.
- Originally applied to all pigeons, now mostly restricted to the turtle dove. A symbol of gentleness from early Christian times, also of the Holy Spirit (cf. Gen. viii:8-12), and of peace and deliverance from anxiety; political meaning "person who advocates peace" attested by 1917, from the Christian dove of peace.
- As in dewy-eyed : adj innocent
- As in gentle : adj having a mild or kind nature
- But there was the old expression on her face, limpid, dovelike.
- Extract from : « Beyond » by John Galsworthy
- On the way out Melissy had sat as demure and dovelike as it was possible for her to be.
- Extract from : « Brand Blotters » by William MacLeod Raine
- Now we should know, the mater said, that the girl was dovelike.
- Extract from : « Miss Primrose » by Roy Rolfe Gilson
- "I don't always seem to know what art is," admitted Alicia, dovelike.
- Extract from : « A Woman Named Smith » by Marie Conway Oemler
- Many of the hundreds baptized that day expressed themselves as having felt the dovelike Spirit of Peace descending on them, too.
- Extract from : « Praying for Money » by Russell H. Conwell
- At the harrowing picture thus conjured up her voice fairly shook, and the tears started into her dovelike eyes.
- Extract from : « A Houseful of Girls » by Sarah Tytler
- It was the plainest of dwellings, painted by wind and weather to a dovelike silver-gray.
- Extract from : « The Side Of The Angels » by Basil King
- Oh, how still and kindly was the night, what dovelike softness breathed in the deep-blue air!
- Extract from : « On the Eve » by Ivan Turgenev
- A hint of dovelike and tigerlike qualities shone in his dark eyes.
- Extract from : « Autobiography of a YOGI » by Paramhansa Yogananda
- Earthly voices die away on the threshold, and peace, dovelike, broods over the very entrance.
- Extract from : « Catholic World, Vol. XIII, April to September, 1871 » by Various
Antonyms for dovelike
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