- Fancifully
- Fanciful Fan"ci*ful, a.
1. Full of fancy; guided by fancy, rather than by reason and
experience; whimsical; as, a fanciful man forms visionary
projects.
[1913 Webster]
2. Conceived in the fancy; not consistent with facts or reason; abounding in ideal qualities or figures; as, a fanciful scheme; a fanciful theory. [1913 Webster]
3. Curiously shaped or constructed; as, she wore a fanciful headdress. [1913 Webster]
Gather up all fancifullest shells. --Keats.
Syn: Imaginative; ideal; visionary; capricious; chimerical; whimsical; fantastical; wild.
Usage: {Fanciful}, {Fantastical}, {Visionary}. We speak of that as fanciful which is irregular in taste and judgment; we speak of it as fantastical when it becomes grotesque and extravagant as well as irregular; we speak of it as visionary when it is wholly unfounded in the nature of things. Fanciful notions are the product of a heated fancy, without any tems are made up of oddly assorted fancies, aften of the most whimsical kind; visionary expectations are those which can never be realized in fact. -- {Fan"ci*ful*ly}, adv. -{Fan"ci*ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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fancifully — fanciful ► ADJECTIVE 1) over imaginative and unrealistic. 2) existing only in the imagination. 3) highly ornamental or imaginative in design. DERIVATIVES fancifully adverb fancifulness noun … English terms dictionary
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fancifully — adverb see fanciful … New Collegiate Dictionary
fancifully — See fanciful. * * * … Universalium
fancifully — adverb In a fanciful manner … Wiktionary
fancifully — adv. fantastically; imaginatively; whimsically, capriciously … English contemporary dictionary
fancifully — fan·ci·ful·ly … English syllables
fancifully — See: fanciful … English dictionary
fanciful — fancifully, adv. fancifulness, n. /fan si feuhl/, adj. 1. characterized by or showing fancy; capricious or whimsical in appearance: a fanciful design of butterflies and flowers. 2. suggested by fancy; imaginary; unreal: fanciful lands of romance … Universalium
whimsically — adverb in a fanciful manner the Christmas tree was fancifully decorated • Syn: ↑fancifully • Derived from adjective: ↑fanciful (for: ↑fancifully) … Useful english dictionary
