sylphlike in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for sylphlike in the English»French Dictionary

sylphlike [Brit ˈsɪlflʌɪk, Am ˈsɪlfˌlaɪk] ADJ

sylphlike woman, movements:

sylphlike

d'une grâce ethérée

sylphlike figure often hum

silhouette de sylphide

sylphlike in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for sylphlike in the English»French Dictionary

sylphlike [ˈsɪlflaɪk] ADJ

sylphlike waist

de sylphide

sylphlike person

à la taille de sylphide

a sylphlike girl

une sylphide

to be sylphlike to wear sth

avoir une taille de sylphide pour porter qc

sylphlike Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

a sylphlike girl

une sylphide

to be sylphlike to wear sth

avoir une taille de sylphide pour porter qc

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

She was the whole package: a lovely, sylphlike woman with a natural blush, like windburn, and an elusive quality that seemed lit from within.

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Jacket collars should be undone to reveal a long neck, while longer hemlines will create a sylphlike silhouette.

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In them she often appears insubstantial, sylphlike, almost spectral -- a visitation or an apparition from another realm.

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He was sylphlike, resplendent in tight, bright clothes the colour of royalty.

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