silvan
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- silvanity noun
Example Sentences
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To this process, within reasonable limits, those who value the silvan greenery of England would be unreasonable to object.
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Those famous favourites of Augustus II's were almost all bold riders, fond of hunting, of rifles and horses, looking like silvan goddesses, not frightened to meet a wild beast.
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I cannot let the tiny angel perish in the silvan gloom.
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Here is tranquillity and silvan shade; For now, emerging from that waste of sand Which was my life, I reach a fruitful glade, A pool of water in a thirsty land.
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Otto paused on the margin, looking about him with delight; then his glance returned to Seraphina, as she stood framed in that silvan pleasantness and looking at her husband with undecipherable eyes.
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