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[fey] / feɪ /


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Christopher Mowod can’t quite endow this “sad man in a blanket,” as Simon dubs his bundled-up bandmate, with the same level of fey madness that Brill was able to entertainingly supply.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 12, 2025

But she complemented the Welsh actor who "brings a furious fey playfulness and vulnerability" to his character.

From BBC Mar. 7, 2024

All three victims are Lymp’s affluent half-siblings, from whom he is estranged: Dr. Marian Harmon, West Mills’ officious Black pediatrician; her sporty younger sister Marva; and Lazarus, their fey brother.

From Seattle Times Feb. 2, 2023

Kristen Stewart plays Timlin, a bureaucrat whose interest in cataloguing Saul’s mutations gives way to a doe-eyed crush; in a squirrelly, fey performance, she follows him like a bobby-soxer chasing after a pop idol.

From Washington Post Jun. 1, 2022

He was normal again, stolid, dull, not the fey excited creature of the past few weeks.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier




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