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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to dryads.

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Examples

  • Though an axe and saws were not the sort of implements that would normally be welcome in a dryadic grove, this time they were tolerated (though the dryads could not look at them without shivering), and Idalia and Kellen bent to the work.

    Tran Siberian Michael J. Solender 2010

  • Though an axe and saws were not the sort of implements that would normally be welcome in a dryadic grove, this time they were tolerated (though the dryads could not look at them without shivering), and Idalia and Kellen bent to the work.

    The Outstretched Shadow 2003

  • The moist leaves shone; far down the aisles of the woods the fugitive mists, in elusive dryadic suggestions, chased each other into the distance.

    Down the Ravine Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

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