What's the difference between tigerish and tigerlike?

Tigerish


Definition:

  • (a.) Like a tiger; tigrish.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This game had ambled along cagily for almost half an hour, Uruguay tigerishly setting about stifling any hint of Colombian ascendancy, when Abel Aguilar nodded the ball forward to Rodríguez, loitering with his back to goal in a pocket of space just outside the Uruguay penalty area.
  • (2) Cardiff had taken the lead in the 49th minute with Fraizer Campbell's seventh goal in 12 Championship appearances, but Hull's Tigerish pursuit of promotion had its reward with two in five minutes, from Nick Proschwitz and McShane.
  • (3) Hull City owner Assem Allam on Look North Tigerish performance 7.
  • (4) (It’s amazing how often lurking in the background of those self-proclaimed 1960s grammar school success stories is a parent to whom education meant everything, tigerishly determined for their children to do better.)
  • (5) The pack, wonderfully led by skipper Michael Leitch, were inspired from start to finish, the midfield tigerish, the whole occasion almost surreal.

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