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highreaching

highreaching adjective: extending upward by a long distance; tall.

Adjective

highreaching (comparative more highreaching, superlative most highreaching)

  1. Extending upward by a long distance; tall.
    • He stared up at the arched windows and the highreaching steeple with a small, simple cross sitting at its height.2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 21, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, pages 119–20

Forms of highreaching

comparativemore highreaching
superlativemost highreaching

Origin of highreaching

From high + reaching.

Questions about highreaching

What does highreaching mean?
Highreaching means extending upward by a long distance; tall.
What part of speech is highreaching?
Highreaching is an adjective.

Words near highreaching in the dictionary

  1. highpriestly
  2. highpriests
  3. highpriestship
  4. highpriestships
  5. highprofile
  6. highreaching
  7. highresolution
  8. highrise
  9. highrises
  10. highrisk
  11. highroad

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