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whimsical

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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.

[From whimsy.]

whimsi·cal·ly adv.

whimsical
Adjective
unusual, playful, and fanciful: a whimsical story
whimsically adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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"
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"

whimsical
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Spanish whimsical [ˈwɪmzɪkl] adj [person] → caprichoso
French whimsical [ˈwɪmzɪkl] adj [person] → capricieux/euse; [look] → étrange
German whimsical [ˈwɪmzɪkəl] whim adjwunderlich, seltsam; [story] → kurios
Italian whimsical [ˈwɪmzɪkl] adj [person] → capriccioso/a; [look] → strano/a

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As I lay in bed this morning between sleeping and waking, an idea came riding on a sunbeam into my room,--a mad, whimsical idea, but one that suits my mood; and put briefly, it is this: how is it that I, a not unpresentable young man, a man not without accomplishments or experience, should have gone all these years without finding that
" Then, the master of the outfit (or rather the former master, for I could not suppress a whimsical feeling that the entire establishment was my lawful prize) trained his big, black eyes upon me with an expression strangely, and somewhat unpleasantly, familiar, laid down his rod--which neither blossomed nor turned into a serpent, as I half expected--folded his arms, and gravely demanded, "W'at did you do to W'isky?
Men who pay for what they eat will insist on gratifying their palates, however nice and whimsical these may prove; and if everything is not agreeable to their taste, will challenge a right to censure, to abuse, and to d--n their dinner without controul.
 
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