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Definition of Elfishly
1. adv. In an elfish manner.
Definition of Elfishly
1. Adverb. In an elfish manner; mischievously. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Elfishly
1. elfish [adv] - See also: elfish
Medical Definition of Elfishly
1. In an elfish manner. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Elfishly
Literary usage of Elfishly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1913)
"... sometimes sinking suddenly out of sight, and then again as suddenly leaping
up to a height of five or six feet, the thin gaseous flames danced elfishly. ..."
2. Beethoven and His Forerunners by Daniel Gregory Mason (1904)
"... specialized feeling, vigorous, sentimental, mystical, or elfishly wayward,
that inspired the romantic composers, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, ..."
3. The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn by Lafcadio Hearn, Elizabeth Bisland (1906)
"... so elfishly frail and fantastically small that one almost fears to move lest
a rude gesture might destroy a baby's dear "make-believe," — should have ..."
4. Macmillan's Magazine by John Morley, Mowbray Morris, David Masson, George Grove (1907)
"... the open doors and sending the cottagers' children shrieking for security from
his black visage, his eyes shining elfishly amid the encircling gloom. ..."
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