Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a cobweb.

Etymologies

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cobweb +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Venue crouched over the skeletal remains of a corsair, his long cobweblike hair matted to his yellowed skull.

    The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010

  • Venue crouched over the skeletal remains of a corsair, his long cobweblike hair matted to his yellowed skull.

    The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010

  • Venue crouched over the skeletal remains of a corsair, his long cobweblike hair matted to his yellowed skull.

    The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010

  • In the gathering darkness, the smoke rising across the way formed a gauzy, cobweblike curtain that ascended from the land to the sky.

    String Theory, Book 3: Evolution Heather Jarman 2006

  • She marveled at how quickly the ice reasserted itself, at how delicately cobweblike were some of the structures around the sleeping old men.

    Soldiers Live Cook, Glen 2000

  • I decided to paint the outline of gleeful Death in the cobweblike strands.

    All That Glitters V.C.Andrews® 1995

  • I decided to paint the outline of gleeful Death in the cobweblike strands.

    All That Glitters V.C.Andrews® 1995

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