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expresswaylike

expresswaylike adjective: resembling or characteristic of an expressway.

Adjective

expresswaylike (comparative more expresswaylike, superlative most expresswaylike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of an expressway.
    • The sleek QLine, which seems sure to be extended beyond its initial length of 3.3 miles, could not be more different from Detroit’s People Mover, the elevated and automated light rail that opened in 1987 and is raised on expresswaylike stilts.2017 April 15, Blair Kamin, “Detroit’s downtown revival is real, but road to recovery remains long”, in Chicago Tribune

Forms of expresswaylike

comparativemore expresswaylike
superlativemost expresswaylike

Origin of expresswaylike

From expressway + -like.

Questions about expresswaylike

What does expresswaylike mean?
Expresswaylike means resembling or characteristic of an expressway.
What part of speech is expresswaylike?
Expresswaylike is an adjective.

Words near expresswaylike in the dictionary

  1. expressos
  2. expressure
  3. expressures
  4. expressway
  5. expresswayed
  6. expresswaylike
  7. expressways
  8. exprest
  9. exprobate
  10. exprobated
  11. exprobates

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