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elfin
adjective
Small and delicate
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adjective
Small and delicate
“She was an elfin creature — graceful and delicate”
adjective
Suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness
“Thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning”
adjective
Usually good-naturedly mischievous
“Perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight”
adjective
Relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf
“Elfin bells”
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She was an elfin creature — graceful and delicate
Obsessed by things elfin and small
Thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning
{'source': 'John Mason Brown', 'text': 'the fey quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday'}
Perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight
Elvish tricks
Elfin bells
All the little creatures joined in the elfin dance
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