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fairylike

adjective

Definition of fairylike

as in fairy

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The building itself is a marvel, along with the dreamy, bucolic setting, laced with ivy, lemon trees, and cascading stone fountains.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026
Gash love composing songs whose intersecting lines set the entire mood of the song—jarring, dreamy, or nostalgic—in the style of art-house sampling.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of dreamy

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Its sealed perimeter, only accessible via lines and screening, now makes one of the world’s wonders feel less like a wondrous part of the city than an attraction held behind glass.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Salt bread is a wondrous buttery roll known as shio pan in Japanese or sogeum ppang in Korean.

— Hana Asbrink, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of wondrous

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When the possessed Katie eventually joins the family in Albuquerque, New Mexico, there is much Catholic prayer on the part of Larissa’s mother Carmen (Verónica Falcón).

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of possessed

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This remake of the Japanese horror hit Ringu stars Naomi Watts as a Seattle reporter whose 8-year-old son (David Dorfman) watches a cursed videotape that marks him for death in seven days.

— Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2026
The cursed island town in Widow’s Bay has summoned all kinds of supernatural entities, much to the dismay of its residents.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of cursed

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But the revelation has also raised questions about what Leo knew and when, given his poignant prayers in late September at a French shrine where Catholics believe miraculous cures have occurred.

— Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
William Perkins, an influential proponent of witch fever in late sixteenth-century England, notes that any miraculous power a witch or her objects appears to have is merely borrowed from Satan.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026

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