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chasmal

chasmal adjective: of or like a chasm.

Adjective

chasmal (comparative more chasmal, superlative most chasmal)

  1. Of or like a chasm.
    • He must be blind indeed who does not perceive the radical and chasmal difference between the truthful and the poetical modes of inculcation.1850, Edgar Allan Poe, “The Poetic Principle”, in The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe, volume III
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:chasmal.
    Synonyms:
    chasmatical, chasmic

Synonyms of chasmal

Forms of chasmal

comparativemore chasmal
superlativemost chasmal

Origin of chasmal

From chasm + -al.

Questions about chasmal

What does chasmal mean?
Chasmal means of or like a chasm.
What part of speech is chasmal?
Chasmal is an adjective.

Words near chasmal in the dictionary

  1. Chaslyn
  2. chasm
  3. Chasm Creek
  4. chasma
  5. chasmaconitine
  6. chasmal
  7. chasmanine
  8. chasmas
  9. chasmata
  10. chasmataspidid
  11. chasmataspidids

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