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el fin

  • s  suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness
    thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning
  • s  small and delicate
    she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate
    obsessed by things elfin and small
  • a  relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf
    elfin bells
    all the little creatures joined in the elfin dance
  • s  usually good-naturedly mischievous
    perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight

  • Bill Wadman for PTI Slender, with elfin cheekbones and a distinctive bloom of spirally brown hair, Gladwell is one of those clever people who actually looks clever.
  • Slender, with elfin cheekbones and a distinctive bloom of spirally brown hair, Gladwell is one of those clever people who actually looks clever.
  • It's a set because the film tells two stories: one of young Takeshi Kaneshiro falling for ageless Brigitte Lin, the other pairing Hong Kong cop Tony Leung Chiu-wai with the elfin .
Quotes

  • Donovan in Broadway World
    Curtain Up (Deirdre Donovan) wrote, "This is an event to be enjoyed for its rich artfulness.......... Vit Horejs directs with an elfin touch that casts a magical aura over the entire evening's proceedings."
  • Don Burke in The Age
    There was an elfin quality about him that was wonderful,said Mr Burke. "You can't compare him to modern gardeners. If Kevin was anything it was a celebration of ordinariness."

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