wraithlike
wraithlike adjective: resembling a wraith; ghostly.
Adjective
wraithlike (comparative more wraithlike, superlative most wraithlike)
- Resembling a wraith; ghostly.
- Beyond the hut a clump of myalls loomed spectral and wraith-like, and round them a gang of crows cawed noisily, irreverent of the great silence.1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 28
- The sight of them [the Grampians] as we crossed the viaduct over the North Esk I am not likely to forget. After a night of snow, they hung wraith-like across the sky, exquisitely beautiful in the greyness of winter dawn.1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 8
Forms of wraithlike
| comparative | more wraithlike |
|---|---|
| superlative | most wraithlike |
Origin of wraithlike
From wraith + -like.
Questions about wraithlike
- What does wraithlike mean?
- Wraithlike means resembling a wraith; ghostly.
- What part of speech is wraithlike?
- Wraithlike is an adjective.
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