galelike

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

gale +‎ -like

Adjective[edit]

galelike (comparative more galelike, superlative most galelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a gale of wind.
    • 2007 April 15, Frank Litsky, “She Didn’t Hit the Wall, She Burst Through It”, in New York Times[1]:
      In 1899, galelike winds loosened stones, and Lawrence Brignolia, a blacksmith from suburban Cambridge, was leading when he fell on one.