fairylike
fairylike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a fairy.
Adjective
fairylike (comparative more fairylike, superlative most fairylike)
- Resembling or characteristic of a fairy.
- 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...1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 35
- We halted by a fairy-like pool where the proud Davey stood beside a wopper ’roo.1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 134
Synonyms of fairylike
Forms of fairylike
| comparative | more fairylike |
|---|---|
| superlative | most fairylike |
Origin of fairylike
From fairy + -like.
Words formed from fairylike
Questions about fairylike
- What does fairylike mean?
- Fairylike means resembling or characteristic of a fairy.
- What part of speech is fairylike?
- Fairylike is an adjective.
Words near fairylike in the dictionary
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