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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

specterlike en · ADJ

Etymology

From specter + -like.

Meanings

  1. Like a specter; spectral; ghostly.
    • The weird, in this case, is that this mother and daughter, in specterlike fashion, can’t be seen in photographs or mirrors. 2015 November 2, Dwight Garner, “Review: In John Irving’s ‘Avenue of Mysteries,’ a Blur of Aphorisms and Magical Events”, in New York Times:

Forms

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more specterlike Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most specterlike Degree=Sup lexicographic