sylphlike

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: sylph=like

CIDE DICTIONARY

sylphlike, a. 

 Like a sylph; airy; graceful.  [1913 Webster]
"Sometimes a dance . . .
Displayed some sylphlike figures in its maze."  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

sylphlike

airy, attenuate, attenuated, boyish, delicate, diaphanous, diluted, elfin, elfish, elflike, ethereal, faery, fairy, fairyish, fairylike, fay, fine, fine-drawn, finespun, flimsy, frail, gauzy, girlish, gnomelike, gnomish, gossamer, gracile, insubstantial, lacy, light, misty, papery, pixieish, rare, rarefied, slender, slenderish, slight, slight-made, slim, slimmish, slinky, small, subtle, svelte, sylphidine, sylphine, sylphish, sylphy, tenuous, thin, thin-bodied, thin-set, thin-spun, thinnish, threadlike, vague, wasp-waisted, watered, watered-down, watery, weak, willowy, wiredrawn, wispy