spirit
noun
the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
spiritlike
-
a word derived from
spirit.
Example Sentences
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According to Hahnemann, the vigorous shaking transferred the "spiritlike" essence of the medicine to the solvent.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was usually heard on cloudy evenings, a strange, unearthly, winnowing, spiritlike sound, yet easily heard at a distance of a third of a mile.
From The Story of My Boyhood and Youth by John Muir
Until the dry weeds seem more beautiful, More spiritlike than even summer's flowers.
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 by Burton Egbert Stevenson
Sprightly, spiritlike, refers to light, free, cheerful activity of mind and body.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald
Perhaps we should add here that Prometheus is, and probably always will be, a poem for the chosen few who can appreciate its peculiar spiritlike beauty.
From English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World by William Joseph Long
