puppetlike
/ˈpʌpɪtˌlaɪk/
adjective
- Resembling or characteristic of a puppet, especially in being stiff, jerky, or lacking natural movement.
- The dancers performed a puppetlike routine, moving as if controlled by strings.
- His puppetlike expression made it hard to tell what he was feeling.
- The robot moved in a puppetlike fashion, with jerky arm motions.
- Easily controlled or manipulated by others; lacking independence.
- The celebrity's puppetlike obedience to her manager worried her friends.
- She felt puppetlike in her job, always doing what her boss said without question.
- The dictator kept a puppetlike government that followed every order.
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