lightninglike

English

Etymology

From lightning +‎ -like.

Adjective

lightninglike (comparative more lightninglike, superlative most lightninglike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of lightning.
   • 2007 April 27, Stephen Holden, “Mankind’s Appetite for Destruction in the 20th Century”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Connecting the images is the oratorio’s Latin text in calligraphy, by Brody Neusenschwander, that scrolls up the screen sideways in lightninglike flashes that disappear almost in the blink of eye.