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COMET-LIKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does comet-like mean?
• COMET-LIKE (adjective)
The adjective COMET-LIKE has 1 sense:
1. resembling a comet
Familiarity information: COMET-LIKE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resembling a comet
Similar:
starry (abounding with or resembling stars)
Context examples
Money poured in on him, fame poured in on him; he flashed, comet-like, through the world of literature, and he was more amused than interested by the stir he was making.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
It showed an asymmetric elongated slope pattern that would indicate the presence of a comet-like tail.
(K2 Finds Dead Star Vaporizing a Mini 'Planet', NASA)
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