Definitions
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- adj. Resembling a kite (toy carried on the wind) or some aspect of one.
- adj. Resembling a kite (bird of prey) or some aspect of one.
Etymologies
- kite + -like (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Along the way, he indulged his enthusiasm for early aviation, sticking kitelike biplanes into his pictures whenever he could.”
“Then ever-stronger gusts of wind start plucking at the panels, and the men are nearly whisked, kitelike, off the roof.”
“These kitelike strips blow in the wind and add fantastic mirror-like flashes of light to the green and tan hillsides.”
“Nevertheless, that size has to be mostly feathers, hollow bones-spidery, kitelike skeletons anchoring thin flesh.”
“Francesco Simeti's delicate kitelike constructions clung like pretty flotsam to the frescoed Baroque porticoes of the distinguished Archiginnasio, now a city library.”
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