meteoric

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective of or pertaining to atmospheric phenomena, especially weather and weather conditions
adjective pertaining to or consisting of meteors or meteoroids
adjective like a meteor in speed or brilliance or transience

From meteor + -ic.

You must understand that his advance was no meteoric thing. — The best short stories of 1920, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown
Louisiana, being chiefly alluvion, furnishes only two specimens, sulphuret of antimony, and meteoric iron ore. — A New Guide for Emigrants to the West, John Mason Peck
The whole Northern campaign had been upset by the meteoric appearance of Jackson and the speed with which he marched and fought. — The Scouts of Stonewall: The Story of the Great Valley Campaign, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

meteorologic, meteorological

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