Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling an orb.

Etymologies

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orb +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Her orblike eyes were glossy black without the slightest hint of an amber electric glow.

    The Search For WondLa Tony DiTerlizzi 2010

  • "Harry Potter is humble and modest," said Dobby reverently, his orblike eyes aglow.

    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Rowling, J. K. 1999

  • It was a strange, orblike contraption with power conduits running from it to various control consoles.

    STRANGE NEW WORLDS Dean Wesley Smith 1998

  • It was a strange, orblike contraption with power conduits running from it to various control consoles.

    STRANGE NEW WORLDS Dean Wesley Smith 1998

  • The insect looked up with its orblike, black eyes.

    Escape From Roksamur Lackey, Mercedes 1997

  • The beauty of colors, the endless patterns of orblike brilliance were as rain falling away from my skin.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • When he once again opened his eyes, the men were slowly fusing one into another, and every movement shot pulsating bolts of color in orblike brilliance—diamonds turning into tunnels, windows into waves, oceans into rain.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • The beauty of colors, the endless patterns of orblike brilliance were as rain falling away from my skin.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • When he once again opened his eyes, the men were slowly fusing one into another, and every movement shot pulsating bolts of color in orblike brilliance—diamonds turning into tunnels, windows into waves, oceans into rain.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • A nocturnal, forest-dwelling primate with orblike eyes and short limbs was photographed in central Sri Lanka late last year after being feared extinct, researchers said last week.

    NWAOnline.com stories KRISHAN FRANCIS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 2010

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