cartoonlike

English

Alternative forms

• cartoon-like

Etymology

From cartoon +‎ -like.

Adjective

cartoonlike (comparative more cartoonlike, superlative most cartoonlike)

1. Resembling a cartoon
   • 1984 December 29, Duncan Mitchel, “The Cult of Gay Machismo”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 25, page 14:

     Armistead Maupin's novels reflect more awareness of, and affection for, the texture of real life than As If After Sex. Maupin's characters may get into cartoonlike adventures, but they are real people. Torchia's characters do drearily familiar things, but they are ghosts.

   • 1988 July 1, Tom Boeker, “Little Caesar”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     The gangsters use "dese and dose" accents, the props are cartoonlike (dollar bills the size of legal paper and cardboard cutout guns), and the acting style is distinguished by histrionic poses.

Synonyms

• cartoonish