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Etymology

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banner +‎ -like

Adjective

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bannerlike (comparative more bannerlike, superlative most bannerlike)

  1. Resembling a banner
    • 2000 October 27, Fred Camper, “Language of Nature”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
      In the center of Flag are five bannerlike horizontal colored bands, each containing a row of plants--but this flag is no fixed symbolic entity.
    • 2008 August 24, Alessandra Stanley, “Plus-Size Sideshow”, in New York Times[2]:
      On talk shows Mr. Huckabee would hold up his campaign pledges and the bannerlike size 50 pants he wore in his previous life.

Adverb

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bannerlike (comparative more bannerlike, superlative most bannerlike)

  1. So as to resemble a banner