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Etymology

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counter +‎ -like

Adjective

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counterlike (comparative more counterlike, superlative most counterlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a counter (surface).
    • 1988, Karen Sacks, Karen Brodkin, Caring by the hour: women, work, and organizing at Duke Medical Center:
      Most ambulatory patients, visitors, and workers, hoping to find a person to guide them, gravitate toward the large, counterlike desk []