chasmlike

English

Etymology

chasm +‎ -like

Adjective

chasmlike (comparative more chasmlike, superlative most chasmlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a chasm.
    • 2007 October 14, Nate Chinen, “Three With a History, Growing Lighter With Age”, in New York Times‎:
      This Norwegian electro-acoustic avant-garde supergroup — not a contradiction in terms, for those who pay attention to such things — favors a chasmlike extreme of dynamics and scale, shifting easily between the intricate and almost precious to the ferocious and monolithic.

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