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dartlike

dartlike adjective: resembling the movement of a thrown dart: swift and abrupt.

Adjective

dartlike (comparative more dartlike, superlative most dartlike)

  1. Resembling the movement of a thrown dart: swift and abrupt.
    • Near-synonym: darting
    • dartlike movements
    Synonyms:
    darting
  2. Resembling a dart otherwise (for example, in shape and use).
    • dartlike projectiles

Synonyms of dartlike

Forms of dartlike

comparativemore dartlike
superlativemost dartlike

Origin of dartlike

From dart + -like.

Questions about dartlike

What does dartlike mean?
Dartlike means resembling the movement of a thrown dart: swift and abrupt.
What part of speech is dartlike?
Dartlike is an adjective.

Words near dartlike in the dictionary

  1. dartists
  2. dartitis
  3. dartle
  4. dartled
  5. dartles
  6. dartlike
  7. dartling
  8. Dartmoor
  9. Dartmoor Forest
  10. Dartmoors
  11. Dartmothian

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