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jetlike en · ADJ

Etymology

From jet + -like.

Meanings

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 14, Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail, page 2:

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