All 3 Uses of
whimsical
in
The House of Mirth
- As they drew nearer she was whimsically struck by a kind of family likeness between Miss Van Osburgh and Percy Gryce.†
Chpt 1.4 *
- She kissed Gerty with a whimsical murmur.†
Chpt 2.4
- Her lips wavered into a smile—she had been distracted by the whimsical remembrance of the confidences she had made to him, two years earlier, in that very room.†
Chpt 2.12
Definition:
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(whimsical) playful, amusing, or impulsive rather than seriously rational