feyness

Example Sentences

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And we know that whatever happens, Bach, with his usual feyness, will pronounce the Games a success.

From Washington Post • Jul. 24, 2021

Parsons, best known as Sheldon on the blockbuster sitcom “The Big Bang Theory,” has remarkable control of Michael’s feyness, and it’s startling the way he melts it away to reveal an almost heartbreaking steeliness.

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2020

Bell brought a barely contained ferocity to the cute blond heroine and Dohring brought an unexpected feyness to the tortured teen bad boy.

From Slate • Jul. 20, 2019

Much of the satisfaction of a Tyler novel stems from the skill with which she teeters on the brink of sentimentality, and some readers may feel she has slipped too far into feyness on this occasion.

From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2012

There are other degrees of feyness, as of punishment, besides the capital; and I was now led by my good spirits into an adventure which I relate in the interest of future donkey-drivers.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew