ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Fairylike

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Fairylike is an adjective meaning Resembling or characteristic of a fairy.

Meaning

Resembling or characteristic of a fairy.

Example Sentences

We halted by a fairy-like pool where the proud Davey stood beside a wopper ’roo.
Scores of coconut-shell fires blazed with their characteristic glaring white flame, throwing grotesque shadows on the brown thatched huts, dancing in fairylike shimmerings among the domes of coconut fronds, casting ghostly reaches of light through the adjacent graveyards, and silhouetting the forms of pareu-clad natives at work cleaning their fish or laying them on the live coals to broil.

Synonyms for fairylike

Depending on context, synonyms include elfin, fey.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include faerylike, spritish, fablelike, fairytalelike, spritelike, fairy-talelike.

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