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in silhouette

in silhouette prepositional phrase: as a silhouette.

Prepositional phrase

  1. As a silhouette.
    • But even in silhouette Nick thought that the figure seemed to hold some magical stature, as if a fairytale were being whispered into his ear and his mind creating the vision for it.2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 59, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 292

Questions about in silhouette

What does in silhouette mean?
In silhouette means as a silhouette.
What part of speech is in silhouette?
In silhouette is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in silhouette in the dictionary

  1. in shorter order
  2. in shortest order
  3. in sickness and in health
  4. in sight
  5. in silence
  6. in silhouette
  7. in silico
  8. in situ
  9. in small doses
  10. in so far as
  11. in so many words

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