missilelike

English

Etymology

missile +‎ -like

Adjective

missilelike (comparative more missilelike, superlative most missilelike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a missile.
   • 2007 December 30, Ken Johnson, “A Happy Accident, Carefully Planned”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Frozen on the distant movie screen is an airplane that points, missilelike, toward the passing train.