English

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Etymology

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From chant +‎ -like.

Adjective

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chantlike (comparative more chantlike, superlative most chantlike)

  1. Resembling a chant.
    • 2007 October 25, Anthony Tommasini, “The Sonatasization of Philip Roth’s ‘Everyman’”, in New York Times[1]:
      In this context the chantlike elements of his “Psalom” came across with a ritualistic, almost Hebraic quality.