spiritlike
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
She had stretched out her spiritlike hands, but to draw them back again, in the fashion that fascinated and at the same time maddened him, once too often.
From The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe by Stanard, Mary Newton
But there were few indeed among all the kindred of earth, air, and water whose hunting was so savage and so ravenous as that of these slender and spiritlike beings.
From The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir
Until the dry weeds seem more beautiful, More spiritlike than even summer's flowers.
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
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 Fernald, James Champlin
