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- Colonel Korn was struck with a whimsical thought.†
Chpt 11 *whimsical = playful, amusing, or impulsive rather than seriously rational
- The idea of murdering Orr was so ridiculous that he began to consider it seriously with queer whimsy and fascination.†
Chpt 28
- He sat up in bed with his back resting against the headboard, lit a cigarette, smiled slightly with wry amusement, and stared with whimsical sympathy at the vivid, pop-eyed horror that had implanted itself permanently on Major Danby's face the day of the mission to Avignon, when General Dreedle had ordered him taken outside and shot.†
Chpt 42
Definitions:
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(1)
(whimsical) playful, amusing, or impulsive rather than seriously rational
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)