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(noun) one that frequents groves or woods / (adjective) living or located in the woods or forest / (adjective) of, relating to, or characteristic of the woods or forest / (adjective) made, shaped, or formed of woods or trees / (adjective) abounding in woods, groves, or trees; wooded

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sylvan



these photographs showed Analiese in pensive poses, gazing out of windows, or in sylvan settings, bending in her frock, perhaps, to relish the touch of a flower

—p.48 by Martin Amis
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1 year ago


In the next booth along I caught a quarter’s worth of film with a sylvan setting: the romantic interest of the piece focused on the love that flowers between a girl and a donkey

—p.47 by Martin Amis
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3 years, 5 months ago


One rarely recalled Margaret’s early, sylvan loveliness

huh. weird

—p.143 SOME OTHER, BETTER OTTO (135) by Deborah Eisenberg
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9 months, 2 weeks ago


Onondaga Lake has been so thoroughly despoiled for so long that much of the waterfront is undeveloped and now exists in a postnatural state of sylvan tranquillity

—p.84 Destiny, USA (73) missing author
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4 years, 8 months ago