Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling the movement of a thrown dart: swift and abrupt

Etymologies

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dart +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Trist was tall and lean, with curly brown hair receding from his forehead, thin expressive lips, and small, dartlike eyes.

    A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009

  • Trist was tall and lean, with curly brown hair receding from his forehead, thin expressive lips, and small, dartlike eyes.

    A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009

  • Unlike Koas weapons, which were extremely limited, the crimson missiles pursued the sleek, dartlike Silgov vessel relentlessly and eventually overtook it.

    Creative Couplings John S. Drew 2005

  • Unlike Koas weapons, which were extremely limited, the crimson missiles pursued the sleek, dartlike Silgov vessel relentlessly and eventually overtook it.

    Creative Couplings John S. Drew 2005

  • Unlike Koas weapons, which were extremely limited, the crimson missiles pursued the sleek, dartlike Silgov vessel relentlessly and eventually overtook it.

    Small World David Mack 2005

  • Unlike Koas weapons, which were extremely limited, the crimson missiles pursued the sleek, dartlike Silgov vessel relentlessly and eventually overtook it.

    Creative Couplings John S. Drew 2005

  • Unlike Koas weapons, which were extremely limited, the crimson missiles pursued the sleek, dartlike Silgov vessel relentlessly and eventually overtook it.

    Creative Couplings John S. Drew 2005

  • Unlike Koas weapons, which were extremely limited, the crimson missiles pursued the sleek, dartlike Silgov vessel relentlessly and eventually overtook it.

    Creative Couplings John S. Drew 2005

  • The picture shimmered and was replaced by one of four of the alien's dartlike craft speeding toward two of the defenders.

    Objective: Bajor John Peel 2000

  • A portal had irised open, and dozens of small, dartlike ships were flooding out.

    Objective: Bajor John Peel 2000

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