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fan·ci·ful
(făn′sĭ-fəl)adj.
1. Created in the fancy; imaginary or 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.
fan′ci·ful·ly adv.
fan′ci·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
ˈfancifully adv
ˈfancifulness n
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fan•ci•ful
(ˈfæn sɪ fəl)adj.
1. whimsical in appearance: fanciful designs in lace.
2. imaginary; unreal: fanciful lands of romance.
3. led by fancy rather than by reason and experience: a fanciful mind.
[1620–30]
fan′ci•ful•ly, adv.
fan′ci•ful•ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | fanciful - indulging in or influenced by fancy; "a fanciful mind"; "all the notional vagaries of childhood" 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" 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
dry, ordinary, conventional, routine, sensible, dull, predictable, sober, pedestrian, down-to-earth, matter of fact, literal, unimaginative, uninspired
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fanciful
adjective1. Existing only in the imagination:
2. Consisting or suggestive of fiction:
3. Appealing to fancy:
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Translations
خَيالِينَزَوي، غَريب الأطوار، وهْمي
nereálnýneskutečnýs velkou fantaziísnivý
fantasifuldusandsynlig
képzeletszõtte
ímyndunarveikur, haldinn hugarórumóraunverulegur, út í hött
nereálnysnivý
gerçekten uzakhayalîhayalperest
fanciful
[ˈfænsɪfʊl] ADJ [drawings] → fantástico; [ideas, story, account] → descabalado, rocambolesco; [person] → imaginativo, fantasioso; [temperament] → caprichoso; [imagination] → vivo, ricoCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
fanciful
[ˈfænsifʊl] adj [idea, notion] → fantaisiste; [name, design] → fantaisistefan club n → fan-club mCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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 …
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
fanciful
[ˈfænsɪfʊl] adj (explanation) → fantastico/a; (person, idea, drawing) → fantasioso/a; (object) → di fantasiaCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
fancy
(ˈfӕnsi) – plural ˈfancies – noun1. a sudden (often unexpected) liking or desire. The child had many peculiar fancies.
2. the power of the mind to imagine things. She had a tendency to indulge in flights of fancy.
3. something imagined. He had a sudden fancy that he could see Spring approaching.
adjective decorated; not plain. fancy cakes.
verb1. to like the idea of having or doing something. I fancy a cup of tea.
2. to think or have a certain feeling or impression (that). I fancied (that) you were angry.
3. to have strong sexual interest in (a person). He fancies her a lot.
ˈfanciful adjective1. inclined to have fancies, especially strange, unreal ideas. She's a very fanciful girl.
2. imaginary or unreal. That idea is rather fanciful.
ˈfancifully adverbfancy dress clothes representing a particular character, nationality, historical period etc: He went to the party in fancy dress; (also adjective)
a fancy-dress party.
take a fancy to to become fond of, often suddenly or unexpectedly. They bought that house because they took a fancy to it.
take one's fancy to be liked or wanted by (someone). When I go shopping I just buy anything that takes my fancy.
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