mythical
adjective
pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
quasi-mythical
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a word derived from
mythical.
Example Sentences
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Wholly devoid of adults and imbued with quasi-mythical elements, “Peanuts” always seemed one step away from pitching itself into being a total anomaly, as far as children’s films are concerned.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2023
“We all dream of it,” Pawson said via telephone from his London offices about his relationship to this quasi-mythical area of Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2019
Others are quasi-mythical figures, whose lives are so obscured by legend that the truth is hazy: Boudicca, Joan of Arc, Nefertiti, Sybil Ludington, Mata Hari.
From Slate ● Jun. 21, 2018
Among the residents of the 1,160 apartments, the administrator has a quasi-mythical reputation for getting things done.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 30, 2017
Our object was to explore the so-called Kong Mountains, which of late years have become quasi-mythical.
From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Sir Richard Francis Burton
