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   Whim·si·cal

   /ˈ(h)wimzək(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way: "a whimsical sense of humor" Similar fancifulplayfulmischievouswaggishquaintfantasticunusualcuriousdrolleccentricquirkyoffbeatidiosyncraticunconventionaloutlandishpeculiarqueerbizarreweirdoddfreakishinformal:freakydotty
   • 2. acting or behaving in a capricious manner: "the whimsical arbitrariness of autocracy" Similar volatilecapricioustemperamentalimpulsiveexcitableficklechangeableunpredictablevariableerraticquicksilvermercurialmutableinconstantinconsistentunstableunsteadyfluctuatingever-changingproteankaleidoscopicfluidwaveringvacillatingwaywardtechnical:labile

   Derivatives

   • 1. whimsicality noun
   • 2. whimsically adverb

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