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elflike

  • a word derived from elf.

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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s claim that he has photo evidence of a mythical elflike creature set the internet alight.

From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2023

Sure, Hepburn’s doe eyes and elflike features shaved years off her appearance, but she was clearly a woman in the 1961 film based on the Truman Capote novel.

From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2021

And the weirwood trees’ faces themselves were carved by these elflike creatures, who went on to create the White Walkers as a weapon against rampant human expansion.

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2019

Driving the pace on the flats—a technique pioneered by the Postal team—neutralized other squads' tiny, elflike climbers, whose smaller size offered no advantage on these relatively flat stretches.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2013

But he had a momentary impression of tiny, fantastic buildings, clustered in an elflike city.

From The Pygmy Planet by Williamson, Jack

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