Wraithlike (Adjective)
Meaning
Lacking in substance; "strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds"- W.A.Butler; "dim shadowy forms"; "a wraithlike column of smoke".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The tourists navigated through the crowded market, past vendors with wraithlike hopes of selling their trinkets.
- As she flipped through the worn cookbook, she was reminded of her wraithlike understanding of baking.
- A faint breeze whispered secrets in the forest, rustling leaves of wraithlike trees with branches that seemed to vanish in the air.
- Her aunt's memory of their family's history was wraithlike, barely tangible and even less reliable.
- Like the scent of forgotten perfume, the model's claim to fame seemed a wraithlike shadow of a reality she never knew.