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sylvan

[sil-vuhn] / ˈsɪl vən /
ADJECTIVE
woodsy
Synonyms


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The sylvan glade romanticism of “Emeralds,” the electric energy of “Rubies,” the glittering imperial court of “Diamonds.”

From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2023

The movie is romantic slapstick, set far from the bohemian Lower East Side in sylvan Vermont.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2022

While it’s hard today to imagine the Baileys’ Adams Morgan home as a sylvan retreat, apparently it was.

From Washington Post • May 25, 2022

Scientists are also designing proteins with amino acid compositions similar to those in feed made of fish but created from sawdust and other forest residue plentiful in the sylvan state of Maine.

From Scientific American • May 7, 2022

The darkness of natural as well as of sylvan dusk gathered over me.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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