operalike

English

Etymology

opera +‎ -like

Adjective

operalike (comparative more operalike, superlative most operalike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of opera.
    • 2007 November 10, Bernard Holland, “An Operatic Voice Retuned for Cabaret”, in New York Times‎:
      Working amplified in a small room for about 15 tables of listeners digesting their dinners, Ms. Racette made sounds that were strikingly darker: sometimes in a contraltolike belt, alternating between various purrs and growls, and at selected moments opening up fully in operalike climaxes.
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