English edit

Etymology edit

lightning +‎ -like

Adjective edit

lightninglike (comparative more lightninglike, superlative most lightninglike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of lightning.
    • 2007 April 27, Stephen Holden, “Mankind’s Appetite for Destruction in the 20th Century”, in New York Times[1]:
      Connecting the images is the oratorio’s Latin text in calligraphy, by Brody Neusenschwander, that scrolls up the screen sideways in lightninglike flashes that disappear almost in the blink of eye.