Implies extreme slenderness combined with elegance, often used in a positive sense.

Size and Grace

Used for poetic effect to convey an image of delicate beauty in women or girls.

Poetic Imagery

Rarely describes an actual person; more of a metaphor for grace and thinness.

Associated with poetry and tales, evokes fantasy and otherworldly beauty.

It's an old-fashioned word, so use it in historical or intentionally stylized contexts.

Suggests a non-physical, airy presence, more like a feeling than a creature.