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   Fan·ci·ful

   /ˈfansəf(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person or their thoughts and ideas) overimaginative and unrealistic: "a fanciful story about a pot of gold"
   • ▪ existing only in the imagination or fancy: "the Moon Maiden is one of a number of fanciful lunar inhabitants" Similar imaginativeinventivewhimsicalimpracticalcapriciousflightydreamydaydreamingquixoticchimericalhead in the cloudsout of touch with realityin a world of one's ownarchaic:visionaryfantasticextravagantfar-fetchedromanticunbelievableridiculousabsurdpreposterousimaginaryfanciedunrealillusorymade-upmake-believemythicalfabulouslegendaryfairy taleinformal:far outtallcrackpotcock and bullhard to swallow/takeOpposite down-to-earthliteral
   • ▪ designed to be exotically ornamental rather than practical: "fanciful bonnets" Similar ornateexoticimaginativecreativefancycuriousoddbizarrestrangeeccentricunusualoriginalextravagantfantasticgrotesqueGothicbaroqueOpposite practical

   Derivatives

   • 1. fancifully adverb
   • 2. fancifulness noun

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