Spectrelike

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Synonym of specterlike. not-comparable

    "Its first impact sent me staggering into the house, carried away the roof as well as the frond sides, and tore the mosquito-net from its fastenings, to whirl it, spectrelike, across the lagoon."

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specterlike

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"Its first impact sent me staggering into the house, carried away the roof as well as the frond sides, and tore the mosquito-net from its fastenings, to whirl it, spectrelike, across the lagoon."

Etymology

From spectre + -like.

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