orphanlike
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orphanlike (comparative more orphanlike, superlative most orphanlike)
- Resembling or characteristic of an orphan.
- 2003, Willa Cather, Susan J Rosowski, A Lost Lady:
- Left orphanlike (his mother dies and his father later moves to Denver and disappears from the novel), he lives with his distinguished uncle...