All 5 Uses of
whimsical
in
Bleak House
- He had taken two or three undecided turns up and down while uttering these broken sentences, retaining the poker in one hand and rubbing his hair with the other, with a good-natured vexation at once so whimsical and so lovable that I am sure we were more delighted with him than we could possibly have expressed in any words.†
Chpt 4-6
- My guardian stopped and looked at him with a whimsical mixture of amusement and indignation in his face.†
Chpt 31-33
- He had been over the Hall in the course of the morning and whimsically described the family pictures as we walked.†
Chpt 37-39 *
- "It is pleasant," said Mr. Skimpole, turning his sprightly eyes from one to the other of us, "and it is whimsically interesting to trace peculiarities in families.†
Chpt 43-45
- He thought about it for a little while with a highly agreeable and whimsical expression of face, then quite gave it up and said in his most engaging manner, "You know what a child I am.†
Chpt 61-63
Definition:
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(whimsical) playful, amusing, or impulsive rather than seriously rational