sylphlike

Examples of sylphlike in a sentence

• Arm's length from her he saw the sylphlike grace of her girlish body1927, William Byron Mowery, Pirates Of The Muskeg:
• Once Tex had said to me, very sister-to-sister, “Aren’t we mad, we gay boys, starving ourselves to sylphlike fragility, all so we can attract a straight cop with a beer belly?”1988, Edmund White, chapter 4, in The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, published 1994:
• Here we see a few of the 48 diminutive hopefuls who showed up that day, awaiting their turn to impress the judges with a high instep or a particularly sylphlike extension.2001 December 2, “Emily Eakin, The Way We Live Now: 12-02-01: Phenomenon; Tiny Dancers”, in The New York Times:

Forms of sylphlike

Origin of sylphlike

From sylph + -like.

Questions about sylphlike

What does sylphlike mean?

Sylphlike means resembling (that of) a sylph; slender and graceful.

How do you use sylphlike in a sentence?

Arm's length from her he saw the sylphlike grace of her girlish body

What part of speech is sylphlike?

Sylphlike is an adjective.