ˈdream-like, a.
Like a dream; unsubstantial, vague, shadowy, or ideal, as a dream.
| 1807 A. M. Porter Hungar. Bro. vi, Her engagements became dream-like, she forgot their steadfastness. 1825 Lytton Falkland 32, I can gaze upon her dream-like beauty. 1843 ― Last Bar. i. iv, The eyes were soft, dark, and brilliant, but dreamlike and vague. 1870 Emerson Soc. & Solit. xi. 240 A new world of dream-like glory. |