fanciful

fan·ci·ful  (fns-fl)

adj.

1. Created in the fancy; unreal: a fanciful story.

2. Tending to indulge in fancy: a fanciful mind.

3. Showing invention or whimsy in design; imaginative. See Synonyms at fantastic.

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fanci·ful·ly adv.

fanci·ful·ness n.

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fanciful [ˈfænsɪfʊl]

adj

1. not based on fact; dubious or imaginary fanciful notions

2. made or designed in a curious, intricate, or imaginative way

3. indulging in or influenced by fancy; whimsical

fancifully  adv

fancifulness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	fanciful - indulging in or influenced by fancy; "a fanciful mind"; "all the notional vagaries of childhood" notional creative, originative - having the ability or power to create; "a creative imagination"
	2.	fanciful - not based on fact; unreal; "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt; "a small child's imaginary friends"; "to create a notional world for oneself" imaginary, notional unreal - lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria; "ghosts and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as news"
	3.	fanciful - having a curiously intricate quality; "a fanciful pattern with intertwined vines and flowers" fancy - not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes"

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fanciful

adjective unreal, wild, ideal, romantic, fantastic, curious, fabulous, imaginative, imaginary, poetic, extravagant, visionary, fairy-tale, mythical, whimsical, capricious, chimerical fanciful ideas about Martian life
dry, ordinary, conventional, routine, sensible, dull, predictable, sober, pedestrian, down-to-earth, matter of fact, literal, unimaginative, uninspired

Translations

fanciful [ˈfænsɪfʊl] ADJ [drawings] → fantástico; [ideas, story, account] → descabalado, rocambolesco; [person] → imaginativo, fantasioso; [temperament] → caprichoso; [imagination] → vivo, rico

fanciful [ˈfænsifʊl] adj [idea, notion] → fantaisiste; [name, design] → fantaisiste
fan club n → fan-club m

fanciful

adj story, idea → fantastisch, phantastisch, abstrus; (= fancy) costume → reich verziert; pattern, animal etc → fantasievoll, phantasievoll; (= unrealistic) plan etc → unrealistisch; visions → überspannt; I think you’re being somewhat fanciful → ich glaube, das ist etwas weit hergeholt; and I don’t think it’s fanciful to claim that … → und ich glaube nicht, dass es verstiegen ist zu behaupten, dass …

fanciful [ˈfænsɪfʊl] adj (explanation) → fantastico/a; (person, idea, drawing) → fantasioso/a; (object) → di fantasia