What does sylph mean?
Sylph means (mythology) An invisible being of the air..
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/sɪlf/ · noun
(mythology) An invisible being of the air..
Her heart fluttered with expectation—her step was buoyant with hope, and she sprung into the carriage with the lightness of a sylph.
Necromancy meant originally the conjuring up the souls of the dead, and later included the conjuring of all sorts of inhuman spirits such as sylphs, giants, and djinn.
Use sylph when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sylph means (mythology) An invisible being of the air..
Common synonyms include sylphid.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Her heart fluttered with expectation—her step was buoyant with hope, and she sprung into the carriage with the lightness of a sylph.
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