whimsical

The definition of whimsical is playful or out of the ordinary.

(adjective)

An example of whimsical is a little girl pretending to be flying around the house like a butterfly.

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See whimsical in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

  1. full of or characterized by whims or whimsy
  2. oddly out of the ordinary; fanciful; freakish
  3. subject to sudden change; unpredictable

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See whimsical in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
  1. Determined by, arising from, or marked by whim or caprice. See Synonyms at arbitrary.
  2. Erratic in behavior or degree of unpredictability: a whimsical personality.

Origin:

Origin: From whimsy

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Related Forms:

  • whimˈsi·cal·ly adverb

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