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subjectlike

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English

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Etymology

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From subject +‎ -like.

Adjective

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subjectlike (comparative more subjectlike, superlative most subjectlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a subject.
    • 2011, Toril Swan, Endre Mørck, Olaf Jansen, Language Change and Language Structure, page 171:
      The reason is that it is difficult to find imperatives which take a subjectlike oblique noun phrase.