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spectrelike

spectrelike adjective: synonym of specterlike.

Adjective

spectrelike (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of specterlike.
    • Its first impact sent me staggering into the house, carried away the roof as well as the frond sides, and tore the mosquito-net from its fastenings, to whirl it, spectrelike, across the lagoon.1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 37
    Synonyms:
    specterlike

Synonyms of spectrelike

Origin of spectrelike

From spectre + -like.

Questions about spectrelike

What does spectrelike mean?
Spectrelike means synonym of specterlike.
What part of speech is spectrelike?
Spectrelike is an adjective.

Words near spectrelike in the dictionary

  1. spectre at the feast
  2. spectre bat
  3. spectre bats
  4. spectre of the Brocken
  5. spectred
  6. spectrelike
  7. spectres
  8. spectres at the feast
  9. spectrin
  10. spectrinopathies
  11. spectrinopathy

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