swanlike
advEtymology From swan + -like.
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In a swanlike way
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Figuratively Beautifully like a swan
swanlike
adjEtymology From swan + -like.
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Similar to a swan or a characteristic of it, especially in elegance or grace.
- a swanlike curve
- Ocean on his bird-horse, horned Io, Harpies that snatch his food from Phineus, snake-haired Gorgons, man-hating Amazons, the Phorcides, swanlike in form, one-eyed and of a single tooth, […]1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “I. Introduction”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 25:
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- Bosom full and firm. The nose straight. A swan-like gliding gait.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 118:
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Figuratively Beautiful like a swan
- Derived terms
- unswanlike
- Related terms
- cygnine