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sylphlike

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Sylphlike (adj) means looking like a sylph; thin and elegant.

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Looking like a sylph; thin and elegant.

"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." — , Emily Eakin, The Way We Live Now: 12-02-01: Phenomenon; Tiny Dancers (2001)

"Arm's length from her he saw the sylphlike grace of her girlish body" — William Byron Mowery, Pirates Of The Muskeg (1927)

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