2 uses
(click/touch triangles for details)
Definition
playful, amusing, or impulsive rather than seriously rational
- 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.49-50 — Chapters 49-50 (35% in)
- 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.49-50 — Chapters 49-50 (83% in)
There are no more uses of "whimsical" in Of Human Bondage.
Typical Usage
(best examples)