as in playful
given to good-natured joking or teasing
with her slight build and perky manner, the actress was usually cast as the fay young woman who charms all the men in town
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as in fairy
an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers
in the tale a fay appears in the form of a beautiful and serene woman with an angelic air and a billowy gown
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Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2022
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Almshouse dwellers, sitting in the sun, watching the surging tide and the glistening water, tell of spirits and banshees and fays.
—Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2022
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Demure and Mindful At Liam's Den & Bubble Bar inside the Grand Canal Shoppes at the Venetian Resort inside the Palazzo Tower in Las Vegas, this cocktail is light, playful, and sweet with just the right level of tang — much like romance.Aly Walansky, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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Photo: Nadav Kander for New York Magazine What Chained for Life did through its playful deconstruction of exploitation movies, A Different Man does in more structural ways.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 18 Jan. 2025
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Bringing his Rolling Thunder Revue tour to small stages across the nation, Dylan and his band of merry pranksters (Allen Ginsberg, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez) played music… and so much more.Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 11 Jan. 2025
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Though drinking spikes during the holidays − 47% of men and 40% of women admitted to binge drinking during the merry season, according to American Addiction Centers − more adults are actually interested in sobering up.Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2025
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Arrietty Next in is Arrietty, who does elf drag by whitening the triangle between her eyebrows to the extreme.Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2025
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The third elf does the same, taking half of 8—4—and adding 3.Erik Kain, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
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The Unseelie Court is the bastion of malevolent faeries who harm humans for their amusement or to exact revenge.Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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That’s in addition to the strange creatures that roam the countryside such as faeries and dragon.Rob Wieland, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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So as ghosts and goblins roam the streets this Halloween season, remember that market fears, like shadows in the night, are often more frightening in our imagination than in reality.Robert Daugherty, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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The event, at the Denver Savoy, will also feature a custom mini-labyrinth and a goblin band in addition to The Whimsy of Things.John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Fay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fay. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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