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galelike

galelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a gale of wind.

Adjective

galelike (comparative more galelike, superlative most galelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a gale of wind.
    • In 1899, galelike winds loosened stones, and Lawrence Brignolia, a blacksmith from suburban Cambridge, was leading when he fell on one.2007 April 15, Frank Litsky, “She Didn’t Hit the Wall, She Burst Through It”, in New York Times

Forms of galelike

comparativemore galelike
superlativemost galelike

Origin of galelike

From gale + -like.

Questions about galelike

What does galelike mean?
Galelike means resembling or characteristic of a gale of wind.
What part of speech is galelike?
Galelike is an adjective.

Words near galelike in the dictionary

  1. galegoid
  2. galeid
  3. galeids
  4. galeiform
  5. galeite
  6. galelike
  7. Galemance
  8. Galemancer
  9. Galen
  10. galena
  11. galenas

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