Both Uses of
whimsical
in
Of Human Bondage
- He exaggerated the Americanisms which he knew always made the Englishmen laugh and poured out a breathless stream of conversation, whimsical, high-spirited, and jolly.†
Chpt 49-50 *whimsical = playful, amusing, or impulsive rather than seriously rational
- He recollected Cronshaw's whimsical metaphor of the Persian carpet; he had thought of it often; but Cronshaw with his faun-like humour had refused to make his meaning clear: he repeated that it had none unless one discovered it for oneself.†
Chpt 49-50