Definition of "harplike"

And at first she made music closely related to his, often reflective, minor and modal; on piano or harp she played flowing, harplike phrases over a deep midtempo swing, and she worked with the bassist Jimmy Garrison and the drummer Rashied Ali from John Coltrane’s band.

2007 January 15, Ben Ratliff, “Alice Coltrane, Jazz Artist and Spiritual Leader, Dies at 69”, in New York Times‎