Sylphlike

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sylphlike \Sylph"like`\, a.
     Like a sylph; airy; graceful.
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           Sometimes a dance . . .
           Displayed some sylphlike figures in its maze. --Byron.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sylphlike
       adj : gracefully slender; moving and bending with ease [syn: {lissome},
              {lissom}, {lithe}, {lithesome}, {slender}, {supple}, {svelte}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  65 Moby Thesaurus words for "sylphlike":
     airy, attenuate, attenuated, boyish, delicate, diaphanous, diluted,
     elfin, elfish, elflike, ethereal, faery, fairy, fairyish,
     fairylike, fay, fine, fine-drawn, finespun, flimsy, frail, gauzy,
     girlish, gnomelike, gnomish, gossamer, gracile, insubstantial,
     lacy, light, misty, papery, pixieish, rare, rarefied, slender,
     slenderish, slight, slight-made, slim, slimmish, slinky, small,
     subtle, svelte, sylphidine, sylphine, sylphish, sylphy, tenuous,
     thin, thin-bodied, thin-set, thin-spun, thinnish, threadlike,
     vague, wasp-waisted, watered, watered-down, watery, weak, willowy,
     wiredrawn, wispy