fanciful
Americanadjective
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not based on fact; dubious or imaginary
fanciful notions
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made or designed in a curious, intricate, or imaginative way
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indulging in or influenced by fancy; whimsical
Other Word Forms
- fancifully adverb
- fancifulness noun
- overfanciful adjective
- overfancifully adverb
- overfancifulness noun
- unfanciful adjective
Etymology
Origin of fanciful
Example Sentences
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The bright colors, asymmetry and fanciful woodwork of Queen Annes gained nationwide popularity in the late 19th century.
Siphonophores -- largely translucent creatures in fanciful shapes resembling toddlers' drawings -- glowed as they drifted by, and silver, fingernail-sized fish skittered out of the sub's wake.
From Barron's
Children from different worlds meet for a fanciful joining of forces in the animated fantasy “Arco,” though in this case the barrier between the two kids is time.
It’s the middle of January, which means the holidays are well and truly over and whatever fanciful shine the prospect of a “new” year held as it approached has already dimmed into grim reality.
From Los Angeles Times
They are of the same era—fanciful and fantastical embodiments of the enterprise, leisure and sense of possibility America was placing on offer, despite the decade of Depression and war’s looming storm clouds.
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