fey

Example Sentences

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Emerging from a cult of nonpersonality, where ordinary figures with unassuming names like Ian Brown ascended to British music royalty, Brett Anderson, Suede’s fey and foppish androgyne, reintroduced theatricality and glamour to the scene.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 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

I don’t know what that means, but it’s a fey enough answer that I figure I am unlikely to get more out of him.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black