Meaning of sylphlike | Babel Free

Definitions

Resembling (that of) a sylph; slender and graceful.

Examples

“Soon advancing through the hall, he saw⟳ the sylphlike figure⟳ of the lovely Olympia […]”

“[…] the thin robes Floating like⟳ light⟳ clouds ’twixt our gaze and heaven; The many-twinkling feet so small and sylphlike, Suggesting the more secret symmetry Of the fair forms which terminate so well—”

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

“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?””

“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.”

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