formlike
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From form + -like. Cognate with German förmlich (“formal, official”).
Adjective
[edit]formlike (comparative more formlike, superlative most formlike)
- Resembling a form (document to be filled in).
- 1919, Charles Albert Meyer, Mercantile Credits and Collections:
- Terse, snappy, forceful letters should be used, rather than long, verbose, repetitive, unimpressive, formlike letters.