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Definition of 'whimsical'

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whimsical

(hwɪmzɪkəl )
adjective
A whimsical person or idea is unusual, playful, and unpredictable, rather than serious and practical.
McGrath remembers his offbeat sense of humor, his whimsical side.
His graphic art became slighter and more whimsical.
Synonyms: fanciful, odd, funny, unusual   More Synonyms of whimsical
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whimsical in British

(ˈwɪmzɪkəl )
adjective
1. 
spontaneously fanciful or playful
2. 
given to whims; capricious
3. 
quaint, unusual, or fantastic
. Also: whimmy
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Derived forms
whimsicality (ˌwɪmzɪˈkælɪtɪ )
  noun
whimsically (ˈwhimsically)
  adverb
whimsicalness (ˈwhimsicalness)
  noun
Word Frequency

whimsical in American

(ˈhwɪmzɪkəl ; hwimˈzikəl; ˈwɪmzɪkəl ; wimˈzikəl)
adjective
1. 
full of or characterized by whims or whimsy
2. 
oddly out of the ordinary; fanciful; freakish
3. 
subject to sudden change; unpredictable
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Derived forms
whimsically (ˈwhimsically)
  adverb

Example sentences containing 'whimsical'

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Despite the warning, the house is whimsical and playful. Times, Sunday Times (2007)Wonderful and whimsical comedy drama. The Sun (2009)Despite his success, he retained a gently ironic, almost whimsical sense of the world. Times, Sunday Times (2011)A warm and whimsical film. Times, Sunday Times (2008)It is an attempt to show their lives gently, with a whimsical comedy, as a series of amusing anecdotes rather than straightforward mockery. Times, Sunday Times (2010)

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Translations for 'whimsical'

British English: whimsical ADJECTIVE
A whimsical person or idea is unusual, playful, and unpredictable, rather than serious and practical.
...his offbeat sense of humor, his whimsical side.
  • American English: whimsical
  • Brazilian Portuguese: excêntrico
  • Chinese: 异想天开的
  • European Spanish: caprichoso
  • French: fantasque
  • German: wunderlich
  • Italian: estroso
  • Japanese: 気まぐれな
  • Korean: 엉뚱한
  • European Portuguese: excêntrico
  • Spanish: caprichoso

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