elfin
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness
thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning
Related & opposite
- supernatural similar to
Sense 2 adjective
small and delicate
she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate
Related & opposite
- small similar to
Sense 3 adjective
relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf
elfin bells
Related & opposite
- elf pertains to
Sense 4 adjective
usually good-naturedly mischievous
perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight
Related & opposite
- playful similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | supernatural |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | small |
| 3 | pertains to | Related & opposite | elf |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | playful |