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chasmlike

chasmlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a chasm.

Adjective

chasmlike (comparative more chasmlike, superlative most chasmlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a chasm.
    • This Norwegian electro-acoustic avant-garde supergroup — not a contradiction in terms, for those who pay attention to such things — favors a chasmlike extreme of dynamics and scale, shifting easily between the intricate and almost precious to the ferocious and monolithic.2007 October 14, Nate Chinen, “Three With a History, Growing Lighter With Age”, in New York Times

Forms of chasmlike

comparativemore chasmlike
superlativemost chasmlike

Origin of chasmlike

From chasm + -like.

Questions about chasmlike

What does chasmlike mean?
Chasmlike means resembling or characteristic of a chasm.
What part of speech is chasmlike?
Chasmlike is an adjective.

Words near chasmlike in the dictionary

  1. chasmataspidids
  2. chasmatical
  3. chasmed
  4. chasmic
  5. chasmically
  6. chasmlike
  7. chasmoendolith
  8. chasmoendolithic
  9. chasmoendoliths
  10. chasmogam
  11. chasmogamic

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