fairylike
- adjective
- /ˈfɛəriˌlaɪk/
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de hadas
- With her delicate wings and shimmering dress, she looked truly fairylike as she danced among the trees.
Examples
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When Sarah and Mary Beth turned around, a beautiful, fairylike creature—almost as tall as the girls—stood in the center of the opening.
Fiction book (1997) -
Last came the black lace with its sprinkled bows and fairylike blue stole.
Fiction book (1990) -
"And how did we get here, and who was that fairylike person in the opening?"
Fiction book (1997) -
The garden was filled with fairylike flowers that seemed to glow in the moonlight.
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The children's imaginations were sparked by the fairylike stories that their grandmother told at bedtime.
Synonyms
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Being small and delicate in a charming, fairy-like way
It looks or moves like a small lively magical creature
Small and delicate with graceful pointed features
Being playful and slightly naughty like a small friendly fairy
Antonyms
How Enchanting
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fairylike comes from fairy, meaning 'a small magical being', and the ending -like, meaning 'similar to'. So it means 'like a fairy', which is why we use it for things that are delicate, magical, or enchanting.