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
This specialization of functions is possibly in part an elevation of the old scheme of spirits according to which every object in the world was conceived of as inhabited or controlled by some spiritlike being.
From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Morris Jastrow
It was usually heard on cloudy evenings, a strange, unearthly, winnowing, spiritlike sound, yet easily heard at a distance of a third of a mile.
From The Story of My Boyhood and Youth by John Muir
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 James Champlin Fernald
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 William Joseph Long
