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Recent Examples of elvish Its revenue more than doubled in 2024 to 13.04 billion yuan ($1.81 billion), thanks in part to its elvish monster. Michelle Chapman, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2025 Another trail leads to an elvish waterfall cascading down a wall of ferns and flowers. Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 1 Jan. 2025 Maeglin was corrupted by his forbidden desire for King Turgon’s daughter, Idril, who also happened to be his first cousin—a big taboo in elvish culture. Erik Kain, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024 Some kind of elvish concoction that’s far more satisfying than any drink mere humans could concoct? Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2024 One of the earliest acts of elvish history, the Kinslaying, involved one group of elves slaughtering another. Jack Butler, National Review, 31 Dec. 2023 And down to a heaping stack of presents and elvish art on the walls, each detail has been perfectly placed by the jolly man in red himself. Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2023 Photograph: Esther Derksen/Getty Images Our overeager party—an elvish druid; a dwarven wizard; a halfling rogue; and a human paladin—has arrived at a dusty, cluttered library. Ethan Gilsdorf, WIRED, 27 June 2023 Co-creator JD Payne snuck in several licks of elvish speak throughout his section of the panel. Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elvish
Adjective
  • During the preview, a mischievous group of young diplodocus splash in the water around a pair of kayaking guests, while other juveniles like the triceratops are more cautious in nature, choosing to stick close to their parents.
    Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The characters are bright, marionette-like caricatures whom the author constructs and moves ostentatiously in full view of the reader, revealing his artistic devices with a sense of absurd, mischievous humor.
    Nelly Klos September 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Laura was also funny, so funny – and had a wicked sense of humor.
    Peter White, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Michelle was 16, entering her junior year at Lakewood High, a fiercely competitive swimmer with a wicked sense of humor.
    Ted Katauskas, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But in a new post added to Instagram, Mayim decided to make a more dramatic and permanent switch to her hairstyle by chopping it off into a semi-pixie cut.
    Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The cute little 4-year-old boldly shouted when someone asked her where pixie dust comes from.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2022
Adjective
  • Sweeney and Dickson have been experimenting with more playful sartorial risks in the few months too; sailor chic via Coperni, subversive corporate attire with a pantsless suit and tie combo via Jean Paul Gaultier, and silky power suiting by Oscar de la Renta.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2025
  • January’s energy is heightening your creative side and invites a playful, loving energy into your interactions.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The designs were puckish and gender-bending, evoking both awe and repulsion—the sort of clothing that titillates lovers of conceptual fashion and bewilders the uninitiated.
    Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
  • And chuckled with Spicy, Austin’s own puckish cartoonist.
    Steve Sewall, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025

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“Elvish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elvish. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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