whimsical

whim·si·cal  (hwmz-kl, wm-)

adj.

1. Determined by, arising from, or marked by whim or caprice. See Synonyms at arbitrary.

2. Erratic in behavior or degree of unpredictability: a whimsical personality.

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[From whimsy.]

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whimsi·cal·ly adv.

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whimsical

Adjective

unusual, playful, and fanciful: a whimsical story

whimsically adv

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

whimsical - determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; "a capricious refusal"; "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"; "the victim of whimsical persecutions" capricious, impulsive arbitrary - based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice; "an arbitrary decision"; "the arbitrary rule of a dictator"; "an arbitrary penalty"; "of arbitrary size and shape"; "an arbitrary choice"; "arbitrary division of the group into halves"

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whimsical

adjective fanciful, odd, funny, unusual, fantastic, curious, weird, peculiar, eccentric, queer, flaky (slang), chiefly U.S. singular, quaint, playful, mischievous, capricious, droll, freakish, fantastical, crotchety, chimerical, waggish

Translations

whimsical [ˈwɪmzɪkl] adj [person] → caprichoso

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whimsical [ˈwɪmzɪkl] adj [person] → capricieux/euse; [look] → étrange

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whimsical [ˈwɪmzɪkəl] whim adj → wunderlich, seltsam; [story] → kurios

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whimsical [ˈwɪmzɪkl] adj [person] → capriccioso/a; [look] → strano/a