(n.) An imaginary supernatural being or spirit, supposed to assume a human form (usually diminutive), either male or female, and to meddle for good or evil in the affairs of mankind; a fay. See Elf, and Demon.
(n.) An enchantress.
(a.) Of or pertaining to fairies.
(a.) Given by fairies; as, fairy money.
Example Sentences:
(1) Mood Indigo (18 July) Arguably the most French movie ever made, Romain Duris and Audrey Tautou are quite adorable as fairy tale lovers in Michel Gondry's adaptation of Boris Vian's Froth on the Daydream.
(2) Above all, through the offices of his medium and lover, Mary Parish, he entered into elaborate relations both with the fairy world and with God and His Angels.
(3) 2 Attract the Comedian’s attention by having bewildering hair, wearing a necklace of multi-coloured fairy lights and launching two flares up into the lighting rig.
(4) The belief that heaven or an afterlife awaits us is a "fairy story" for people afraid of death, Stephen Hawking has said.
(5) Firstly, the intervention and example of the archetypal celebrity fairy godmother, Oprah Winfrey.
(6) She appeared out of nowhere, said a few words that no one could hear and then slowly made her way through the photographers to a cab and vanished: a great, big, fruitily dressed fairy godmother who, when you come to think of it, bears not the slightest resemblance to any of the other seven billion people on the planet.
(7) Star performers: Disney Fairies Tinkerbell soared 25.5% year on year; Disney & Me up 7.5% year on year; Power Rangers up 6.1% year on year; Ben 10 had a debut circulation of 70,012; .
(8) A leading member of Voronin's party, Mark Tkachuk, told reporters the claims were "fairy tales" and "low-life gossip".
(9) Dadd's three paintings Puck (1841), A Fairy – Sunset (1841-42) and Come unto these Yellow Sands (1842) are elegant and precise – the Puck is a baby, sitting on a mushroom in moonlight under a columbine dripping with dewdrops, among grasses also beaded with water, and watches much smaller naked dancers cavorting below him.
(10) My interpretation of the fairy-tale follows this direction.
(11) The remark evoked a defensive response from those wedded to the ephemeral virtues of the "confidence fairy" – and who are concerned to keep her benevolent figure hovering above Britain's severely weakened economy.
(12) 'The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke,' symbolically re-enacts the murder and makes talion restitution.
(13) We suggest that the long process of painting 'The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke' recapitulated and made restitution for the murder, encapsulating it so that compulsive expression of violent ideation was largely reduced, allowing other memories and activities to be engaged and expressed.
(14) Both superhero comics and fairy tales are equally popular with children: they create fantasy worlds full of violence and dangers which the hero must overcome.
(15) It would swirl around that child's head in the manner of a bad fairy from a storybook bringing along a cursed gift to a christening.
(16) This paper will review the meaning, usefulness, and importance of fairy tales by discussing three selections from the psychodynamic and developmental perspectives.
(17) These fairies have sharp, mischievous features, quite different from the later fairies of Bethlem.
(18) Two maturation fairy-tales with a high resonance effect are analysed.
(19) With more than 900 participants from 47 different countries, the festival will showcase new poetry from Simon Armitage and former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, talks from the UK's poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy and the former US poet laureate Billy Collins, and events from a wide-ranging list of major names including Jung Chang, Margaret Drabble and Richard Dawkins – fresh from inciting controversy for apparently questioning the merits of fairy tales .
(20) Thus suitable fairy tale themes can enhance the experiential insight into dreams.
Fey
Definition:
(a.) Fated; doomed.
(n.) Faith.
(v. t.) To cleanse; to clean out.
Example Sentences:
(1) Ricky Gervais, Tina Fey and Tom Hiddleston will be popping up to get pally with the puppets.
(2) The US comedians Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will replace Ricky Gervais as next year's Golden Globe hosts – bringing perhaps a gentler touch to proceedings on the occasion of the awards' 70th anniversary.
(3) And the comedy Sisters, starring Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, also did reasonably well as R-rated adult-skewed counter-programming, opening with $13.4m in third.
(4) The snowman's quest is accompanied by a fey, irritating cover version of Frankie Goes to Hollywood's The Power of Love , in which Holly Johnson is replaced by a breathy chanteuse whimpering at the piano like a dog that needs taking for a walk.
(5) But Fey and Poehler would never condone this kind of unseemly contest between them, with people (ie, me) deciding which one they prefer, so I'll stop this nonsense now.
(6) An ode to better days: Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close 12.30am BST Amy Poehler confirms that she and Tina Fey will discuss whether they want to host the Golden Globes tonight.
(7) Amy Poehler and Tina Fey have been brilliant hosts for the Golden Globes – and that event itself has started in recent years itself to look sharper, smarter, more intimate: a cool revue-type show, compared to the deadly serious Oscars in a cavernous theatre.
(8) The two women have worked together pretty much throughout their careers, from Saturday Night Live (highlights include Poehler playing Hillary Clinton to Fey's Sarah Palin) to their forays into film, Baby Mama and, of course, Mean Girls .
(9) Tina Fey’s unflattering impersonations on Saturday Night Live were an instant hit.
(10) Sure, movies should be fun and a great deal of the fun – indeed, I would go so far as to say the primary fun – of American Hustle lies in the fact that it resembles, in Tina Fey and Amy Poehler's spot-on description, "an explosion in a wig factory".
(11) Here’s one of the latest videos of Fey and Poehler talking about what we can expect tonight.
(12) A slow start from Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, but then it picks up quickly.
(13) Kenneth introduced them both to Swinging London and he enjoyed the frisson of arriving at debauched parties with two 21-year-old men, one of them fey and elegant, and the other raffish and working-class."
(14) Actress Tina Fey arrives with Audi at the 65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards held in Los Angeles.
(15) Five years ago, with Mean Girls, Tina Fey looked as though she might be shaping up to fill that role, and of course last year she scored a double-whammy with Sarah Palin and 30 Rock.
(16) The noncompetitive Sandwich-ELISA (polystyrene balls) with labelled antibody for staphylococcal enterotoxins (SE) A, B, C, and D according to Fey et al.
(17) Alignment of the CNBr-cleavage fragments was made easier by comparison with the cDNA sequence of mouse pro-C3 [Wetsel, Lundwall, Davidson, Gibson, Tack & Fey (1984) J. Biol.
(18) These are things that might make me as happy as news that the wonderful Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are to take over from the increasingly dreary Ricky Gervais as hosts of the Golden Globes – but not by much.
(19) The show broke its rating records in 2008 when vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin appeared alongside comedian and writer Tina Fey, who played her in a skit.
(20) Yes, Fey did crack a joke about Fallon petting Trump’s hair; it was the best line of the skit.