instrumentlike

adj

instrumentlike

adj

Etymology From instrument + -like.

1

Like an instrument.

  • For nonmusicians, it’s a way to coax sounds — often programmed to stay on key no matter what note one actually plays — out of what may be the only instrumentlike device they ever pick up.2009 October 1, Jason Turbow, “Tapping Your Inner Clapton”, in New York Times:

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