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jetlike

jetlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of jet (the precious stone).

Adjective

jetlike (comparative more jetlike, superlative most jetlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of jet (the precious stone).
  2. Resembling or characteristic of a jet (aircraft).
    • The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward the goal of political independence, and we still creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward the gaining of a cup of coffee at a lunch counter.1963 August, Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail, page 2

Forms of jetlike

comparativemore jetlike
superlativemost jetlike

Origin of jetlike

From jet + -like.

Questions about jetlike

What does jetlike mean?
Jetlike means resembling or characteristic of jet (the precious stone).
What part of speech is jetlike?
Jetlike is an adjective.

Words near jetlike in the dictionary

  1. jetlag
  2. jetlagged
  3. jetlaggy
  4. jetlags
  5. jetless
  6. jetlike
  7. jetline
  8. jetliner
  9. jetliners
  10. jetlines
  11. jetload

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