Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a spark.

Etymologies

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spark +‎ -like

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Examples

  • The light from it had beat upon his sealed lids, and the eyes and the optic nerves had pulsated to little, sparklike flashes, warm-coloured and strangely pleasing.

    The Gray Cub 2010

  • The light from it had beat upon his sealed lids, and the eyes and the optic nerves had pulsated to little, sparklike flashes, warm-colored and strangely pleasing.

    The Gray Cub 1906

  • The light from it had beat upon his sealed lids, and the eyes and the optic nerves had pulsated to little, sparklike flashes, warm-coloured and strangely pleasing.

    White Fang Jack London 1896

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