sylphlike
1Sylphlike — Sylph like , a. Like a sylph; airy; graceful. [1913 Webster] Sometimes a dance . . . Displayed some sylphlike figures in its maze. Byron. [1913 Webster] …
2sylphlike — sylph|like [ˈsılf laık] adj literary a sylphlike woman is attractively thin and graceful …
3sylphlike — adjective literary attractively thin and graceful: a sylphlike figure …
4sylphlike — sylph ► NOUN 1) an imaginary spirit of the air. 2) a slender woman or girl. DERIVATIVES sylphlike adjective. ORIGIN Latin sylphes (plural), perhaps from sylvestris of the woods + nympha nymph …
5sylphlike — adjective see sylph …
6sylphlike — adjective a) of or pertaining to a sylph b) slender and graceful …
7sylphlike — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …
8sylphlike — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. slender, willowy, diaphanous, charming; see graceful 1 , 2 , gracefully …
9sylphlike — sylph|like [ sılf,laık ] adjective MAINLY LITERARY thin, delicate, and graceful: SLENDER …
10sylphlike — UK [ˈsɪlfˌlaɪk] / US adjective mainly literary thin, delicate, and graceful …