He has a nice face, kind of elflike: nice and a little unreal. From Wordnik.com. [The Other Side of Dark] Reference
Her face was impish, elflike, and her ears appeared large, even for a Vulcan. From Wordnik.com. [Mind Meld]
Amused by the elflike Nikki, Mitch watched out of the corner of his eye as he walked away. From Wordnik.com. [Emily And The Stranger]
Am I the only one who pictures her having the elflike features, and out of wordly regal posture while still being "only" a girl of what's-her-name-now. From Wordnik.com. [Auditions are underway] Reference
Alan Medford Grant was a short, elflike, balding man with large eyes and large teeth, in his neat pin-striped suit and bowler hat and he liked him immediately. From Wordnik.com. [Noble House]
The second image was of a windswept, fork-bearded and eagle-eyed man of craggy features, huge and solid, wearing boots and an Inverness cape, next to his wife, a diminutive and elflike waif with a strange and unearthly smile. From Wordnik.com. [INTERVIEW: John C. Wright] Reference
Philippa, slim and elflike in the firelight, rose from her chair. From Wordnik.com. [The Zeppelin's Passenger] Reference
What if he yawns or sneezes or drools just as Santa's elflike assistant snaps the photo?. From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
"Ocarina of Time" introduces a child-age Link, of the elflike Kokiri who live in Kokiri Forest. From Wordnik.com. [Starbulletin Headlines] Reference
He was a delicate child, shy, sensitive, elflike, who wandered through the woods near his home, in Sussex, on the lookout for sprites and hobgoblins. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived] Reference
The sky lightened for a moment and they saw the shape of leaves and tree fronds far above them like a pattern on a carpet -- a pattern which changed with elflike witchery, for. From Wordnik.com. [Madcap] Reference
As Holly Golightly, a small-town Texas girl with her feet planted firmly in the glitz of New York's party scene, Hepburn is irrepressibly charming, a vision of elflike beauty in Givenchy and pearls. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
Abby, who is 22 and pretty, and her sister, Bridey (real name Bridget), who is 19 and likewise, sat on a couch next to Bob, who at 86 is an only slightly wizened version of his younger self, which always was a bit elflike. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Be nice, "said Slith, speaking the Common language and trying to sound and look elflike. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragons of Krynn]
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