dartlike

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

dart +‎ -like

Adjective[edit]

dartlike (comparative more dartlike, superlative most dartlike)

  1. Resembling the movement of a thrown dart: swift and abrupt
    • 2007 January 26, The New York Times, “Jazz Listings”, in New York Times[1]:
      The alto saxophonist Greg Osby has a brittle and dartlike style, well suited to exploratory post-bop or slippery free-funk.