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cometlike

cometlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a comet.

Adjective

cometlike (comparative more cometlike, superlative most cometlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a comet.
    • WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 — Astronomers have discovered that a giant star that has been studied for centuries is streaking across the sky trailing an enormous, cometlike tail.2007 August 16, Warren E. Leary, “Long-Studied Giant Star Displays Huge Cometlike Tail”, in New York Times

Forms of cometlike

comparativemore cometlike
superlativemost cometlike

Origin of cometlike

From comet + -like.

Questions about cometlike

What does cometlike mean?
Cometlike means resembling or characteristic of a comet.
What part of speech is cometlike?
Cometlike is an adjective.

Words near cometlike in the dictionary

  1. comether
  2. comethers
  3. cometic
  4. cometical
  5. cometless
  6. cometlike
  7. cometobed
  8. cometocentric
  9. cometographer
  10. cometographers
  11. cometographic

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