tortoise-like

English

Etymology

From tortoise +‎ -like.

Adjective

tortoise-like (comparative more tortoise-like, superlative most tortoise-like)

Alternative form of tortoiselike.
- 1961 December, H. G. Ellison, P. G. Barlow, “Journey through France: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 749:
  No. 320 finally drew into Paris one minute early, having run the 78.3 miles from Longueau in 65½min, inclusive of a permanent way slack and the usual tortoise-like progress from St. Denis.

References

“tortoise-like”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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