(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.
Spritely
Definition:
(a.) See Sprightful, Sprightfully, Sprightliness, Sprightly, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) It was "by complete accident" that she made her translating debut, after Antony was asked by publisher Klaus Flugge if he knew anyone who could translate a children's book The Little Water-Sprite , by the German writer Otfried Preussler .
(2) Filled with wood nymphs, spirits, goblins and sprites, long before Christian missionaries waded ashore, our forests reigned supreme.
(3) He is above all a subtle player, a relentless little sprite popping up in all areas nudging, prompting, often taking just one touch, and devastatingly swift in his moments of improvisation.
(4) The Slam Dunk Contest, sorry the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest disappointed for the second year in a row.
(5) The levy, which will start in April 2018, will put up the price of drinks such as Red Bull, Capri Sun, Sprite and several versions of cola.
(6) Lawrence, according to Foster, is variously "ballsy", "a spritely tomboy", "a hoot" and "a gem with a killer stare".
(7) It has a lot of built-in behaviors and support for sprite-based games, so it’s very easy for a beginner to pick it up and make something and see results fast, which can be quite motivating.
(8) Sweat secretion from individual pores in circumscribed areas was imaged using a high spatial resolution SPRITE infrared detector system working in the 8-14 microns band.
(9) However, just six sold fizzy drinks such as Coca-Cola and Sprite and just two offered energy drinks such as Lucozade and Red Bull.
(10) She took $20 and walked across the parking lot to buy herself a burger and Sprite.
(11) The lower level will affect brands containing less added sugar, such as Fanta, Sprite and Schweppes tonic.
(12) Lucozade Original contains 33g of sugar in a 380ml bottle, Sprite has 21.8g of sugar in 330ml cans and Dr Pepper 34.1g per 330ml.
(13) Back in the Sun, Chelsea are "lining up a £60m mega deal" for Edinson Cavani and the Brazilian sprite Oscar .
(14) In fact, our daily diet of pre-Jamie Oliver chips and gravy probably did us more damage than the hesitant sips of booze concealed in Sprite bottles.
(15) Anyway, at their hotel there is water, iced tea, Sprite and Coke in one fridge ... but two fridges filled entirely with Bitburger beer.
(16) Amina also gave her a bottle of Sprite on her birthday, and hugged her before she left.
(17) Being at the junction of the Eurasian, North American and African tectonic plates, the Azores are a geological hotspot: when seen from its highest point, each island is a Clanger-land of chimneys and craters where you could believe entire civilisations of sprites and elves live among the fat, dappled cows.
(18) How to get contemporary TV audiences to like a heroine so unlike the spritely Elizabeth Bennet obviously exercised ITV in its adaptation of Mansfield Park in 2007.
(19) "The stools have cushions on them, and you can usually buy a can of Sprite or a coffee from a machine.
(20) Clot dissolution was then tested by adding Adolf's Meat Tenderizer, Viokase, Sprite, Pepsi, Coke, or Mountain Dew.