militarylike

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

military +‎ -like

Adjective[edit]

militarylike (comparative more militarylike, superlative most militarylike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a military.
    • 2009 August 9, Nicola Clark, “In Some Prison Breaks Across Europe, Helicopters Replace the File in the Cake”, in New York Times[1]:
      The inmates and two accomplices executed the breakout with militarylike precision, witnesses said.