tortoiselike

English

Alternative forms

• tortoise-like

Etymology

From tortoise +‎ -like.

Adjective

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.

Antonyms

• untortoiselike

See also

• turtlelike