mansionlikeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

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

1. Alternative form of mansionlike.
   • 1814 July, [Jane Austen], chapter VII, in Mansfield Park: […], volume II, London: […] T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 150:

     It is not a scrambling collection of low single rooms, with as many roofs as windows—it is not cramped into the vulgar compactness of a square farm-house—it is a solid walled, roomy, mansion-like looking house, such as one might suppose a respectable old country family had lived in from generation to generation, through two centuries at least, and were now spending from two to three thousand a year in.

   • 2022 August 12, Michael O’Sullivan, “A slasher with some surprisingly sharp satire”, in The Spokesman-Review, 140th volume, number 65, Spokane, Wash., page E6, columns 1–2:

     Rather, they are a “group” of rich 20-somethings who have gathered under the threat of an imminent hurricane at a remote, mansion-like estate to drink, take drugs and pursue the murder-mystery-style role-playing game of the title, in which players must identify an unknown “killer” (who chooses his または her “targets” by tapping them on the back).

   • 2022 September 20, Diana Biederman, “Marco Island’s La Tavola offers spotless, old-school charm”, in Marco Eagle, page 4B, column 1:

     La Tavola’s servers inhabit this vast, mansion-like venue.