sylphlike

• Adjectif désuet utilisé pour décrire une femme comme mince, gracieuse et élégante, telle une sylphide (esprit mythique de l'air).

An old-fashioned adjective used to describe a woman as slender, graceful, and delicate, like a sylph (a mythical air spirit).

1. Graceful and slenderC2formal

   Having a light, slender, and graceful physique, often with an airy or delicate quality.

   sylphide

   • The dancer moved across the stage with a sylphlike elegance.
   • Her sylphlike figure was accentuated by the flowing dress.
   • He admired her sylphlike form as she bent to pick up the flower.

   Synonymesairydelicateetherealgracefulgracilelitheslendersveltewillowy

   Antonymesawkwardclumsygracelessheavylumpystockystout