fairy-tale
📖 Definitions
adjective
1. Referring to a situation where improbable events lead to a happy ending.
2. Relating to a story with fantastical, untrue, or idealized elements.
💬 Usage Examples
‘“It was the fairy-tale ending. I couldn’t have asked for anything better really,’ [Tyla] King said.” Warren Jordan; Now’s the Time for the Dragons to Get Out of the NRLW Starting Blocks; Illawarra Mercury (Wollongong, Australia); Aug 11, 2024. “[The Tibetan films] showed neither a mystery-land of fairy-tale splendour, as the West believed, nor barbarous peasants, as the Han Chinese occupiers thought.” The Long Take; The Economist (London, UK); May 20, 2023.