English edit

Etymology edit

genie +‎ -like

Adjective edit

genielike (comparative more genielike, superlative most genielike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a genie.
    • 1999, Robert Alan Segal, Theorizing about myth:
      The magical element is the belief in the power to control gods, who are thereby reduced to the status of genielike forces []