sacklike

English

Etymology

From sack ‎ -like.

Adjective

sacklike (comparative more sacklike, superlative most sacklike)

1. Resembling a sack.
   • 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “Part 2, Chapter 8”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC, part II, page 195:

     She wore a large, dowdy hat of black beaver, and a sort of slightly affected simple dress that made her look rather sack-like.

   • 2002, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, chapter 10, in The Vine of Desire‎^[1], New York: Anchor, page 120:

     My knees grew weak until I sank, sacklike, onto my mother’s living room carpet.

Synonyms

• baglike

Anagrams

• casklike