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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

veillike en · ADJ

Etymology

From veil + -like.

Meanings

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a veil.
    • The moon went slowly down in chastened loveliness; she departed like some sweet bride into her chamber, and long veil-like shadows crept up the sky through which the stars peeped shyly out. 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

Forms

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most veillike Degree=Sup lexicographic
more veillike Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Translations (1)

hu fátyolszerű (resembling or characteristic of a veil)