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Definition of Whimsical in English :

Whimsical

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Adjective

1. capricious, impulsive, whimsical

determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason

Example Sentences:
'a capricious refusal'
'authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious'
'the victim of whimsical persecutions'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Whimsical

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adjective

1.

spontaneously fanciful or playful

2.

given to whims; capricious

3.

quaint, unusual, or fantastic

. Also: whimmy

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Whimsical

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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.

Whimsical

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adj.

1. Characterized by, arising from, or subject to whimsy: a whimsical decision.

2. Playful or fanciful, especially in a humorous way: "The episodic book is memorable for its ... whimsical animal dialogue" (Peter D. Sieruta).

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