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

"Very well, then," he said, "the Erl-King addresses the child; Erl-King is a spirit, a ghost—so play this place in a spiritlike way, ghostly, if you will, but not ghastly with false notes!"

From Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered by Hofmann, Josef

Perhaps we should add here that Prometheus is, and probably always will be, a poem for the chosen few who can appreciate its peculiar spiritlike beauty.

From English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World by Long, William Joseph

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

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