fairy-tale adjective

(also fairytale) Click to hear the UK pronunciation of this word

/ˈfeə.ri.teɪl/

/ˈfer.i-/ adj [before noun] approving

Definition

having a special and attractive or beautiful quality, like something in a fairy tale

They had a fairy-tale wedding.

Sadly, there was no fairy-tale happy ending to the story.

(Definition of fairy-tale adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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