whimsicallyadv.
/ˈwɪmzᵻkli/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɪmzᵻk(ə)li/ In a whimsical manner; capriciously; oddly, fantastically.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adverb] > capriciously
unstaidly1556
fantastically1567
humorously1593
skittishly1598
fantasticly1599
garishly1606
humoursomely1653
whimsily1654
quirkishly1673
peevishlya1680
whimsically1711
fancifully1741
capriciously1746
flightily1780
erratically1861
tricksily1866
vagariously1892
quirkily1926
1711 R. Steele Spectator 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.
1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. i. xvii. 130 Her Passions..were not so whimsically capricious that one Man only could lay them. View more context for this quotation
1794 R. B. Sheridan Duenna (new ed.) ii. 46 Was ever truant daughter so whimsically circumstanced as I am!
1821 J. W. Croker in Croker Papers 1 Aug. (1884) I. 199 Our supper whimsically served; the first dish being green peas alone.
a1861 T. Winthrop Life in Open Air (1863) 103 The mist, white and delicate where we stood, but thick and black above, opened whimsically and delusively.
1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men II. v. 65 How whimsically Wilberforce was capable of blending the pathetic and the playful.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
<
adv.1711