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tortoise +‎ -like

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tortoiselike (comparative more tortoiselike, superlative most tortoiselike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a tortoise; thus frequently slow or unhurried
    • 2009 January 7, Ken Johnson, “It Is What It Is: Portraits of the Human Figure”, in New York Times[1]:
      With a bland touch and tortoiselike patience, he recorded arrangements of one or more bodies in drowsy repose surrounded by rugs, blankets and furniture.

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