missilelike

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

missile +‎ -like

Adjective[edit]

missilelike (comparative more missilelike, superlative most missilelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a missile.
    • 2007 December 30, Ken Johnson, “A Happy Accident, Carefully Planned”, in New York Times[1]:
      Frozen on the distant movie screen is an airplane that points, missilelike, toward the passing train.