Sample sentences for WHIMSICAL

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Definition

playful, amusing, or impulsive rather than seriously rational

whimsical = playful or amusing

benefited and suffered under a whimsical boss
If she'd had time to think about it, Alice might have stopped herself, considering the idea too whimsical.
Frank Beddor -- The Looking Glass Wars

whimsical = impulsive and playful

He would say with a whimsical smile to his mother, the good but over-careful housewife:
Graham Greene -- The Power and the Glory

whimsical = playful

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

whimsical = playful

This obscure, whimsical, and disagreeable poem was despised
Voltaire -- Candide

whimsical = playfully written based on impulse rather than by necessity or reason

remembering Edna's whimsical turn of mind of late
Kate Chopin -- The Awakening

whimsical = impulsive

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

whimsical = playful (with a design determined by impulse rather than by necessity or reason)

He would be whimsical, generous, mysterious with his money.
Toni Morrison -- Song of Solomon

whimsical = playful

"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

whimsical = playful (impulsive and amusing rather than reasoned)

Ichabod became the object of whimsical persecution to Bones and his gang of rough riders.
Washington Irving -- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

whimsical = determined by impulse rather than by reason

whimsical = playful and amusing

But he was able to set up a file for a nonexistent student, whom he whimsically named God.
Orson Scott Card -- Ender's Game

whimsically = impulsively (not by reason or necessity)

whimsy = impulse (rather than necessity or reason)

whimsical = playfully impulsive

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

whimsical = determined by chance (and sometimes amusing)

whimsical = playful and impulsive

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 = determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity or reason — often playful

whimsical = determined impulsively

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

whimsical = playful (determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity or reason)

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