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Whimsical   /wˈɪmzɪkəl/  /hwˈɪmzɪkəl/   Listen
adjective
Whimsical  adj.  
1.
Full of, or characterized by, whims; actuated by a whim; having peculiar notions; queer; strange; freakish. "A whimsical insult." "My neighbors call me whimsical."
2.
Odd or fantastic in appearance; quaintly devised; fantastic. "A whimsical chair."
Synonyms: Quaint; capricious; fanciful; fantastic.





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"Whimsical" Quotes from Famous Books



... which opened out before them, that marriage—a beautiful, golden, romantic thing—had been in the air. One felt out of it if one didn't marry. Everybody else was marrying in shoals. And Francis had been crazy over little Marjorie from the moment he saw her—over her old-fashioned, whimsical ways, her small defiances that covered up a good deal of shyness, over the littleness and grace that made him want to pick her up and pet her and protect her, he said . . . Marjorie could remember, even yet, with pleasure, the ...
— I've Married Marjorie • Margaret Widdemer
... theatre. Their eyes seemed to become dull, and they paid more attention to their pipes and their cigarettes than they paid to the young woman's underclothing.... But when The Girl Gets Left began, and the whimsical face of Cream was seen peering through the window of the scene, the lassitude was lifted and the men's eyes began to brighten again. The first words, the first gesture of comic helplessness, from Cream sent a ripple of laughter round the theatre, and immediately the ...
— The Foolish Lovers • St. John G. Ervine
... a sudden whimsical vision of the faces of Dicky and the Underwoods if I should thus speak my real thoughts. The thought in some curious fashion made it easier for me to cross the room to Lillian Gale's side, extend my hand and ...
— Revelations of a Wife - The Story of a Honeymoon • Adele Garrison
... public transactions, completely captivated Fakredeen, who seemed at length to have found the friend for whom he had often sighed; the steadfast and commanding spirit, whose control, he felt conscious, was often required by his quick but whimsical temperament. And in what relation did he stand to this being whom he longed to press to his heart, and then go forth with him and conquer the world? It would not bear contemplation. The arming of the Maronites became quite a secondary object in comparison with obtaining the friendship of Tancred. ...
— Tancred - Or, The New Crusade • Benjamin Disraeli
... whimsical enough; but I really could not tell why I disliked him, though I could account very easily, according to my own notions, for his winning the favor and approval of Rosamond and her father. He was certainly a handsome ...
— After Dark • Wilkie Collins


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