likesome

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English

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Etymology

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From like +‎ -some.

Adjective

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likesome (comparative more likesome, superlative most likesome)

  1. Marked by liking or likability; agreeable; pleasant; pleasing to the mind or senses
    • 2010, Nancy E. Turner, Sarah's Quilt:
      Right up from the south it rumbled, though it wasn't dropping any rain yet. It came like a live animal, reaching far into the heavens. Then, like one I'd seen years back, the middle of it turned a likesome shade of blue.
    • 2013, Brenda Inglis-Powell, Soldiers in Different Armies:
      The bench was in a likesome mind as anyone could see / And joy bells rang for Scotland as they let this lad go free.