puppylike
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]puppylike (comparative more puppylike, superlative most puppylike)
- Resembling a puppy.
- 1990, Simon Frith, Andrew Goodwin, On Record: Rock, Pop and the Written Word:
- The image is of the young boy next door: sad, thoughtful, pretty, and puppylike. Lyrically his songs are about being let down and stood up, about loneliness...
- 2001, Steven R Lindsay, Handbook of Applied Dog Behavior and Training:
- The dog's appearance and behavior have been strongly influenced by a pervasive process of neoteny, causing it to remain more puppylike as an adult...