halolike

or ha·lo·esque

[ hey-loh-lahyk ]

adjective

1. resembling a halo.

Word History and Origins

Origin of halolike¹

First recorded in 1835–45; halo + -like

Example Sentences

Scientists hope to use these data to help resolve the long-standing mystery of why the sun’s corona—its halolike outer atmosphere—is up to millions of degrees hotter than its surface.

From Scientific American

So in May 2018 China launched a relay satellite called Queqiao to a gravitationally stable lunar synchronous orbit about 65,000 kilometers beyond the moon, where the gravity of both Earth and the moon keep the relay satellite moving in a halolike motion that ensures it is continuously in sight of both the lunar farside and Earth.

From Scientific American

Ms. Mohapatra, wearing a costume combining deep blue and deep pink and the white halolike headdress of Odissi, proved a thrilling paragon of witty, subtle coordination; she’s both gutsy and elegant.

From New York Times

Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson’s Your Rainbow Panorama is a 500-foot-long, ten-foot-wide circular walkway that rests, halolike, on top of Denmark’s ARoS Aarhus Art Museum.

From Architectural Digest

Performing it, Cher wore a modest quasi-medieval dress and a halolike headpiece as she rode through the air above the arena audience, suspended in what looked like a silvery Gothic arch.

From New York Times