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[ fan-si-fuhl ] / ˈfæn sɪ fəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR fanciful ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecharacterized by or showing fancy; capricious or whimsical in appearance: a fanciful design of butterflies and flowers. suggested by fancy; imaginary; unreal: fanciful lands of romance. led by fancy rather than by reason and experience; whimsical: a fanciful mind. Origin of fancifulFirst recorded in 1620–30; fancy + -ful SYNONYMS FOR fanciful2 visionary, baseless, illusory. SEE SYNONYMS FOR fanciful ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM fancifulfan·ci·ful·ly, adverbfan·ci·ful·ness, nouno·ver·fan·ci·ful, adjectiveo·ver·fan·ci·ful·ly, adverb o·ver·fan·ci·ful·ness, nounun·fan·ci·ful, adjective Words nearby fancifulfan base, fan belt, fanboy, fancied, fancier, fanciful, fancify, fan club, Fanconi's anemia, Fanconi's syndrome, fancy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for fancifulAs fanciful as that idea may sound, there are, it turns out, reasons for hope. At last, a climate policy platform that can unite the left|David Roberts|July 9, 2020|Vox But such primitive and fanciful ideas are just the skin on top of hot milk. Putin’s Dream of Empire Doesn’t Stop at Crimea, Or Even Ukraine|Oleg Shynkarenko|March 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST The characters struck me as fanciful, and the plot was contrived. Of Sin and College: Robert Stone’s ‘Death of a Black-Haired Girl’|Tom LeClair|November 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST Expect some fanciful linguistic contortions when asked whether or not this is, in fact, a “coup?” Egypt: That Was A Coup|Ali Gharib|July 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The fanciful assertion that nation states lessen it is unlikely to convince a Russian or Chinese dissident, or Tibetan. Savaging Primitives: Why Jared Diamond’s ‘The World Until Yesterday’ Is Completely Wrong|Stephen Corry|January 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST I was afraid to tell my story directly, wanted to couch it in a fanciful (and imitative) yarn of sex and intrigue. ‘Miracle Boy Grows Up’: Ben Mattlin Speaks to Jay McInerney|Jay McInerney|December 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST There was a fanciful suggestion of the eavesdropper about the creature; his attitude was almost furtive. The Hound From The North|Ridgwell Cullum We have not time or inclination to indulge in fanciful troubles until we have got rid of our real misfortunes. Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow|Jerome K. Jerome I am fanciful,' he added, looking hard at Herrick, 'and I take fads. The Ebb-Tide|Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyde Osbourne And if in so reading they seem clear and connected, fanciful and far-drawn interpretations will not be adopted. Testimony of the Sonnets as to the Authorship of the Shakespearean Plays and Poems|Jesse Johnson He understood the meaning that ran beneath the unconscious extravagance of her fanciful and impassioned language.
British Dictionary definitions for fanciful
adjectivenot based on fact; dubious or imaginaryfanciful notions made or designed in a curious, intricate, or imaginative way indulging in or influenced by fancy; whimsical Derived forms of fancifulfancifully, adverbfancifulness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to fancifulwhimsical, imaginative, fantastic, fantastical, fictional, preposterous, offbeat, unreal, extravagant, absurd, bizarre, aerial, capricious, chimerical, curious, fabulous, fictitious, flaky, floating, ideal |