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Adjective elfin has 4 senses
- elfin, fey - suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness; "thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning"; "the fey quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday"- John Mason Brown
Antonym: natural (indirect, via supernatural)
- elfin, elflike - small and delicate; "she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate"; "obsessed by things elfin and small"
Antonyms: large, big (indirect, via small, little)
Antonyms: large, big (indirect, via small, little)
- elfin - relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf; "elfin bells"; "all the little creatures joined in the elfin dance"
- elfin, elfish, elvish - usually good-naturedly mischievous; "perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight"; "elvish tricks"
Antonyms: unplayful, serious, sober (indirect, via playful)
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