whimsicaladjective
uk/ˈwɪm.zɪ.kəl/us/ˈwɪm.zɪ.kəl/unusual and strange in a way that might be funny or annoying:
a whimsical tale
Despite his kindly, sometimes whimsical air, he was a shrewd observer of people.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Strange, suspicious and unnatural
- aberrant
- abnormal
- add
- bizarre
- curious
- funny ha-ha or funny peculiar? idiom
- kinky
- kooky
- like nothing (else) on earth idiom
- like nothing on earth idiom
- not add up idiom
- peculiarly
- random
- rum
- sicko
- singularity
- singularly
- suss
- weird
- whacky
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whimsically
adverb uk/ˈwɪm.zɪ.kəl.i/us/ˈwɪm.zɪ.kəl.i/
whimsicality
noun [ U ] uk/ˌwɪm.zɪˈkæl.ə.ti/us/ˌwɪm.zɪˈkæl.ə.t̬i/formal