witchlike

Once, Thoreau wrote, a frequenter of the woods passed Zilpah’s house and claimed to have heard her muttering to herself, witchlike, over a gurgling pot — “Ye all are bones, bones!”

But with Petrenko a tall, animated presence on the podium — bouncing up and down, shimmying, and hypnotically curling the long fingers of his left hand, witchlike — it was a pleasant evening.

Some flashback scenes with fiery dragons and a witchlike villain may be scary for younger or more sensitive viewers.

For those less taut, he added, “Downlight shows every line and imperfection and can be witchlike.”

Did you ever ask Douglas the meaning of that witchlike hand he drew?