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fairy-tale-like en · ADJ

Etymology

From fairy tale + -like.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a fairy tale; implausibly ideal or romantic, having a happy ending, etc.
   • And here they are, some of the most strange and beautifully crafted public interiors in Britain for many years. Here are polished concrete caverns, complex timber roofs, fairy-tale-like committee rooms and private offices to read fairy tales in. 2004 May 31, Jonathan Glancey, “Reassuringly expensive”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Sep 2014:
   • Directly above me, on the plateau, sat the magnificent fortress. At night, bathed in soft lights, it appeared to be sitting magically up in the black sky. Even now, I become excited when I think about this fairy-tale-like scene. 2002 November 22, Martha Marino, “From Carcassonne to Paris”, in Daily Pilot, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2026:
   • Like a twisted Alice sucked down the rabbit hole, Sandy describes her imprisonment as a series of fairy-tale-like hallucinations. 1997 November 30, Catherine Texier, “Kind of Surreal All Over”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Jan 2001:

Forms

Translations (3)

pl baśniowy (resembling or characteristic of a fairy tale) · pl bajkowy (resembling or characteristic of a fairy tale) · hu meseszerű (resembling or characteristic of a fairy tale)