in silhouette

prepositional phrase

As a silhouette.

Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. As a silhouette.

    But even in silhouette Nick thought that the figure seemed to hold some magical stature, as if a fairytale were being whispered into his ear and his mind creating the vision for it.

    2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 59, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 292

Translations

Italian di profilo, in controluce
  • di profiloas a silhouette
  • in controluceas a silhouette
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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