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adjectivespectrelike (not comparable)
- not comparableSynonym of specterlike.
Its first impact sent me staggering into the house, carried away the roof as well as the frond sides, and tore the mosquito-net from its fastenings, to whirl it, spectrelike, across the lagoon.
1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 37Synonyms: specterlike
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adjectiveSynonym of specterlike.
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spectrelike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spectrelike
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“spectrelike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spectrelike. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spectrelike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spectrelike.
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