sylphic
/ˈsɪlfɪk/
adjective
- Having a slender, graceful, and delicate appearance, like a sylph (a mythical spirit of the air).
- The model's sylphic silhouette was perfect for the flowing silk gown.
- The dancer's sylphic movements made her look as if she were floating on air.
- She had a sylphic figure, tall and willowy, with long, elegant limbs.
- Light, airy, or ethereal in nature or quality.
- Her voice was sylphic, barely above a whisper, yet it filled the room.
- The painter captured the sylphic essence of the morning mist in the meadow.
- The music had a sylphic quality, like a gentle breeze through the trees.
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