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Adj.

doglike - resembling a dog; especially in devotion; "a doglike affection"

loyal - steadfast in allegiance or duty; "loyal subjects"; "loyal friends stood by him"

Translations

doglike

[ˈdɒglaɪk] ADJ → de perro

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The youth, with his manner of doglike obe- dience, got carefully down like a crone stoop- ing.

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The extreme caution of the two men was prompted by former experiences with the intelligent and doglike creatures with which they had to deal.

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I watched him for a long time, wondering, why it was that such a doglike animal was not a better swimmer.

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Full into the firelight, with a stealthy, sidelong movement, glided a doglike animal.

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And it was in an uneasy doglike growl that he repeated the word:

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The sun went down and the stars peeped out, the Tower turned from its own proper colours to grey and from grey to black, the room became perfectly dark and the end of the cigar a deep fiery red, but still Mr Quilp went on smoking and drinking in the same position, and staring listlessly out of window with the doglike smile always on his face, save when Mrs Quilp made some involuntary movement of restlessness or fatigue; and then it expanded into a grin of delight.

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At the time I attributed her attitude to something akin to a doglike devotion to a new master who had been kind to her.

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Incredibly combative and doglike in his approach, Phillips made huge statements in his two displays against Kalvin Villa last season.

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Last year, Boston Dynamics founder Marc Raibert told an audience in Germany that his team is testing the company's awkward, four-legged, doglike robot, SpotMini, for use in multiple industries, including security, delivery, construction and home assistance.

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His eyebrows are still dark, giving him an intelligent look, like a Castelli, or doglike, like a Scorsese.

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