Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling a halo or some aspect of one.

Etymologies

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halo +‎ -like

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Examples

  • A sliver of moonlight gave the quart of Wild Turkey on the wicker table a halolike glow.

    No Mercy Lori Armstrong 2010

  • A sliver of moonlight gave the quart of Wild Turkey on the wicker table a halolike glow.

    No Mercy Lori Armstrong 2010

  • He stood frozen for a moment as the light ran halolike over his body.

    The Metrognome and Other Stories Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1990

  • He stood frozen for a moment as the light ran halolike over his body.

    The Metrognome and other Stories Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1990

  • There might have been a housing development behind the next set of ridges; he could see the halolike glow of Santa Fe, but there was no way to guess how far off it might be.

    The Cardinal of the Kremlin Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1988

  • Her marvellous crown of hair shone strand by strand as of twisted gold; it shimmered with halolike glory.

    Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters 1916

  • Then Radowitz, furious, appeared at his window, his golden hair more halolike than ever in the bright sun.

    Lady Connie Humphry Ward 1885

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