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fairylike

adjective

Definition of fairylike

as in fairy

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Mercury in your sign opposes dreamy Neptune, making relationship conversations especially vulnerable to assumptions.

— Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2026
Fans hoping to see Sally happily coupled up with Gary, a dreamy detective with heterochromia, will be disappointed.

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of dreamy

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For young nature explorers, feeling the grass under their feet and watching the wind blow through the trees is a wondrous joy and a meaningful way to engage the senses.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Intelligent and responsibly reported, but still wondrous and full of possibility.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of wondrous

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Religious horror films offer narratives of meaning, mystery, and morality, shaping how power, belief, and the body—both pure and possessed—are understood.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 8 July 2026
But no homes are so possessed with pottery of the truly enormous variety as Jeremiah Brent and Nate Berkus, whose Portuguese farmhouse appears on the cover of our June issue.

— Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 22 May 2026

Definition of possessed

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With Brown, Amos makes twinkly, off-kilter experimental songs that sometimes sound as though they’re being piped out of a cursed music box.

— Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
The sequel ratchets up the stakes by saddling its cursed protagonist with not only a supernatural nightmare but the pressures of living under an intensely public spotlight.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of cursed

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If the Broncos have a miraculous 17-0 season, Payton would pass Marty Schottenheimer (200).

— Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
In an escape bordering on the miraculous, the crash somehow spared motorists on Milam Dairy Road and terrified workers in a bustling industrial warehouse district west of the airport.

— Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of miraculous

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