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(of a woman orgirl)attractivelythinanddelicate (女子)仙女般的,苗条优雅的Synonymslissomeliterary lithe slender supple svelte SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesAnimal physiology: thin or slender (of people) - be skin and bone(s)idiom
- beanpole
- cadaverous
- ectomorph
- emaciation
- gaunt
- gauntness
- gracile
- hard-bodied
- hatchet-faced
- hollow
- hollow-cheeked
- lanky
- raw-boned
- scraggy
- skinny
- slenderize
- slight
- svelte
- trim
See more results » You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: (Definition ofsylphlikefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)Examplesofsylphlikesylphlike I had red cheeks and was ashamed of them, and my stocky, square-shouldered figure was anything butsylphlike.FromProject Gutenberg It is one of the commonest delusions among fat men that horseback riding will bring them down and make themsylphlikeand willowy.FromProject Gutenberg Their gross exaggeration was fondly counted upon to make her appearsylphlikeby comparison with the images she raised.FromProject Gutenberg For at this writing in those parts the slender,sylphlikestring-bean is not playing a minor part, as with us.FromProject Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/sylphlike## |