veillike

English

Etymology

veil +‎ -like

Adjective

veillike (comparative more veillike, superlative most veillike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a veil.
   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

     The moon went slowly down in chastened loveliness; she departed like some sweet bride into her chamber, and long veil-like shadows crept up the sky through which the stars peeped shyly out.