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Definition
playful or amusingor:
determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity or reason
- It was an especially whimsical episode of Family Guy.
whimsical = playful or amusing
- benefited and suffered under a whimsical boss
- He would say with a whimsical smile to his mother, the good but over-careful housewife:Graham Greene -- The Power and the Glory
- Even in bronze, he had a whimsical look, and I thought this friend had sculpted a little spirit as well.Mitch Albom -- Tuesdays with Morrie
- This obscure, whimsical, and disagreeable poem was despisedVoltaire -- Candide
- remembering Edna's whimsical turn of mind of lateKate Chopin -- The Awakening
- There was a whimsical candy-colored sculpture on the lawn that looked like a bunch of child's toys glued together without reason or order.Dave Eggers -- Zeitoun
- He would be whimsical, generous, mysterious with his money.Toni Morrison -- Song of Solomon
- "The winter loves me," he retorted, and then, disliking the whimsical sound of that, added, "I mean as much as you can say a season can love."John Knowles -- A Separate Peace
- Ichabod became the object of whimsical persecution to Bones and his gang of rough riders.Washington Irving -- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- picturing this whimsical leprechaunJill McCorkle -- Ferris Beach
- But he was able to set up a file for a nonexistent student, whom he whimsically named God.Orson Scott Card -- Ender's Game
- ...subject to the whim or whimsy of my mother,Sarah Dessen -- Lock and Key
- whimsical, wild, comical as he isEdmond Rostand -- Cyrano de Bergerac
- If you spoke English, results might be whimsical; multi-valued nature of English gave option circuits too much leeway.Robert A. Heinlein -- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
- his whimsical smileWilla Cather -- O Pioneers!
- Only one of those whimsical little incidents which will happen when you have four million human beings all jostling each other within the space of a few square miles.Arthur Conan Doyle -- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- whimsical despotismVirginia Woolf -- A Room of One's Own
- Indeed, the fact that biotechnology can be applied to the industries traditionally subject to the vagaries of fashion... heightens concern about the whimsical use of this powerful new technology.Michael Crichton -- Jurassic Park
- The little picture suggested very happily her melodious and whimsical temperament.Woolf, Virginia -- Night and Day
whimsical = playful
whimsical = playful
whimsical = playfully written based on impulse rather than by necessity or reason
whimsical = impulsive
whimsical = playful (with a design determined by impulse rather than by necessity or reason)
whimsical = playful
whimsical = playful (impulsive and amusing rather than reasoned)
whimsical = determined by impulse rather than by reason
whimsical = playful and amusing
whimsically = impulsively (not by reason or necessity)
whimsy = impulse (rather than necessity or reason)
whimsical = playfully impulsive
whimsical = determined by chance (and sometimes amusing)
whimsical = playful and impulsive
whimsical = determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity or reason — often playful
whimsical = determined impulsively
whimsical = playful (determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity or reason)