a. (adv.) Like a cat, or that of a cat; esp. stealthy, noiseless of tread.
1600. Shaks., A. Y. L., IV. iii. 116. A Lyonnesse … Lay cowching head on ground, with catlike watch.
1789. Wolcott (P. Pindar), Subj. for Painters, 18. Hugging her husband in her cat-like clutches.
1836. Yarrell, Brit. Fishes (1859), II. 384. A ferocious-looking, cat-like head.
1866. Cornh. Mag., Aug., 222. With stealthy, cat-like steps.
