Definition of Sylphlike

1. Adjective. Moving and bending with ease.

Exact synonyms: Lissom, Lissome, Lithe, Lithesome, Slender, Supple, Svelte
Similar to: Graceful
Derivative terms: Lissomeness, Litheness, Slenderness, Suppleness

Definition of Sylphlike

1. a. Like a sylph; airy; graceful.

Definition of Sylphlike

1. Adjective. of or pertaining to a sylph ¹

2. Adjective. slender and graceful ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sylphlike

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sylphlike

syllogized
syllogizer
syllogizers
syllogizes
syllogizing
sylph
sylphic
sylphid
sylphide
sylphides
sylphids
sylphier
sylphiest
sylphine
sylphish
sylphlike (current term)
sylphs
sylphy
sylva
sylvae
sylvan
sylvaner
sylvaners
sylvanite
sylvanites
sylvanium
sylvans
sylvas
sylvate
sylvates

Literary usage of Sylphlike

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1890)
"A few years later, when her figure had already lost its sylphlike proportions, Sir Gilbert Elliot wrote to his wife ( 6A"ov. ..."

2. American Public Health Protection by Henry Bixby Hemenway, Edwin Frederick Bowers, Mary Sewall Gardner (1916)
"There are three much vaunted and highly scientific diet systems, calculated to render the surfeited sylphlike. They are all, in varying degree, ..."

3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1864)
"... not a little disgusted that sylphlike creature, and wreaked on her some measure of punishment for the false pretences which had brought it upon her. ..."

4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1891)
"As for Bernard, he helped her about the ship like a brother, as she moved lightly around with her sylphlike little form among the ropes and capstans. ..."

5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1890)
"A few years later, when her figure had already lost its sylphlike proportions, Sir Gilbert Elliot wrote to his wife ( 6A"ov. ..."

6. American Public Health Protection by Henry Bixby Hemenway, Edwin Frederick Bowers, Mary Sewall Gardner (1916)
"There are three much vaunted and highly scientific diet systems, calculated to render the surfeited sylphlike. They are all, in varying degree, ..."

7. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1864)
"... not a little disgusted that sylphlike creature, and wreaked on her some measure of punishment for the false pretences which had brought it upon her. ..."

8. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1891)
"As for Bernard, he helped her about the ship like a brother, as she moved lightly around with her sylphlike little form among the ropes and capstans. ..."

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