What does officer-like mean?
Officer-like means Alternative form of officerlike..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Alternative form of officerlike..
[…] for from her husband’s representations of me, she had formed a notion that she was to see a fine, tall, officer-like looking man (I use her very words); […]
The Secretary of Legation came next, then Captain Fairfax, commander of the Enchantress, and then by degrees stepped forward more tall, officer-like gentlemen—majors, lieutenants, colonels, captains, &c., whose names I need not mention.
Understanding how divergent codes of masculinity informed ideas about officer-like conduct and gentlemanliness therefore reveals the values, assumptions, and taboos in military culture.
Use officer-like when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Officer-like means Alternative form of officerlike..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] for from her husband’s representations of me, she had formed a notion that she was to see a fine, tall, officer-like looking man (I use her very words); […]
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