Definitions
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- adjective Resembling a
kite (toy carried on the wind) or some aspect of one. - adjective Resembling a kite (bird of prey) or some aspect of one.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Along the way, he indulged his enthusiasm for early aviation, sticking kitelike biplanes into his pictures whenever he could.
Talent Pool 2008
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Then ever-stronger gusts of wind start plucking at the panels, and the men are nearly whisked, kitelike, off the roof.
Hurricane Season Neal Thompson 2007
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Then ever-stronger gusts of wind start plucking at the panels, and the men are nearly whisked, kitelike, off the roof.
Hurricane Season Neal Thompson 2007
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These kitelike strips blow in the wind and add fantastic mirror-like flashes of light to the green and tan hillsides.
JOIE DE VIVRE ROBERT ARBOR 2003
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Nevertheless, that size has to be mostly feathers, hollow bones-spidery, kitelike skeletons anchoring thin flesh.
The Earth Book of Stormgate Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1978
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Francesco Simeti's delicate kitelike constructions clung like pretty flotsam to the frescoed Baroque porticoes of the distinguished Archiginnasio, now a city library.
artforum.com 2010
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Francesco Simeti's delicate kitelike constructions clung like pretty flotsam to the frescoed Baroque porticoes of the distinguished Archiginnasio, now a city library.
artforum.com 2010
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Francesco Simeti's delicate kitelike constructions clung like pretty flotsam to the frescoed Baroque porticoes of the distinguished Archiginnasio, now a city library.
artforum.com 2010
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Francesco Simeti's delicate kitelike constructions clung like pretty flotsam to the frescoed Baroque porticoes of the distinguished Archiginnasio, now a city library.
artforum.com 2010
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Due to the fact flash doesn't have a "God" tool, I had to make my own rendition of Duckkite, which is the reason why he looks more ducklike, and less kitelike.
unknown title 2009
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