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单词 whimsically
释义 ˈwhimsically, adv.
[f. prec. adj. + -ly2.]
In a whimsical manner; capriciously; oddly, fantastically.
1711Steele Spect. No. 100 ⁋4, I thought it was whimsically said of a Gentleman, That if Varilas had Wit, it would be the best Wit in the World.1742Fielding J. Andrews i. xviii, Her passions..were not so whimsically capricious that one man only could lay them.1775Sheridan Duenna ii. iv, Was ever truant daughter so whimsically circumstanced as I am?1821Croker in C. Papers 1 Aug. (1884) I. 199 Our supper whimsically served; the first dish being green peas alone.a1861T. Winthrop Life in Open Air (1863) 103 The mist, white and delicate where we stood, but thick and black above, opened whimsically and delusively.1888Burgon Lives 12 Gd. Men II. v. 65 How whimsically Wilberforce was capable of blending the pathetic and the playful.
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