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  1. fairynoun

    A mythical being who had magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although often depicted in modern illustrations only as small and spritely with gauze-like wings; A sprite.

    Synonyms:
    fey, fay, fae, sprite

  2. fairynoun

    a male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.

    Synonyms:
    queen, fag, poof, faggot

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  1. fairy, faery, faerie, fay, spritenoun

    a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers

    Synonyms:
    fay, fairyland, sprite, faerie, faery

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  1. fairynoun

    Synonyms:
    fay, elf, pigwidgeon

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  1. fairynoun

    Synonyms:
    fay, elf, pigwidgeon, pixy, sprite, sylph, puck, robin goodfellow, mab, oberon, titania

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How to use fairy in a sentence?

  1. Greta Thunberg:

    People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing, we are in the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk is the money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth.

  2. G. K. Chesterton:

    Fairy Tales do not tell children that dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children that dragons can be killed.

  3. Matt Damon:

    I can't think of any place I'd rather want to be in a 2km radius of, it feels a little like a fairy tale here.

  4. Rita Outen:

    There was also that fairy tale comment.

  5. Tamrat Giorgis:

    The world out there wanted to believe the fairy tale. They became obsessed with their own narrative, but that doesn't chime with what is happening on the ground. It is much more complex and scary.


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