Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In the manner of a mist.
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- adjective Resembling or characteristic of
mist .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The rain came down in a fine sheet of mistlike droplets.
Under a Maui Moon Robin Jones Gunn 2010
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The rain came down in a fine sheet of mistlike droplets.
Under a Maui Moon Robin Jones Gunn 2010
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The rain came down in a fine sheet of mistlike droplets.
Under a Maui Moon Robin Jones Gunn 2010
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The rain came down in a fine sheet of mistlike droplets.
Under a Maui Moon Robin Jones Gunn 2010
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It seemed extraordinarily remote, and mistlike; yet, at once, the feeling of oppression was lightened, and I no longer despaired.
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At three P.M. on December 5 a mistlike rain began falling which was replaced at three-fifteen by tiny snowflakes, which, in turn, were replaced by small slivers of ice that looked like little pieces of broken crystal.
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At three P.M. on December 5 a mistlike rain began falling which was replaced at three-fifteen by tiny snowflakes, which, in turn, were replaced by small slivers of ice that looked like little pieces of broken crystal.
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Buttoning up his coat-collar, he hastened through the mistlike rain to fetch Johanna.
Maurice Guest 2003
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Ahead was a faint mistlike cloud of dust, partly shrouding a wagon rumbling toward them.
The White Order Modesitt, L. E. 1998
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A chill mistlike sense filled the small room, and there was the feeling of being inspected somehow, but a cold inspection, as though he were a side of beef or a gutted river trout.
The White Order Modesitt, L. E. 1998
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