expresswaylike

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Etymology

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expressway +‎ -like

Adjective

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expresswaylike (comparative more expresswaylike, superlative most expresswaylike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of an expressway.
    • 2009 March 30, Alex Nitzman, “South Mississippi’s newest highways”, in AARoads[1]:
      Second is the new four-lane alignment of Mississippi 67, a 19-mile route with expresswaylike characteristics between U.S. 49 north of Saucier and the Interstate 10/110 interchange at D’Iberville.
    • 2017 April 15, Blair Kamin, “Detroit’s downtown revival is real, but road to recovery remains long”, in Chicago Tribune[2]:
      The sleek QLine, which seems sure to be extended beyond its initial length of 3.3 miles, could not be more different from Detroit’s People Mover, the elevated and automated light rail that opened in 1987 and is raised on expresswaylike stilts.