fanciful
adjective
characterized by or showing fancy; capricious or whimsical in appearance.
fancifully
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a word derived from
fanciful.
Example Sentences
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A month later, the Resolution and another ship, the Adventure, set sail under Cook’s command to the southern oceans in search of a hitherto unknown continent, fancifully known as Terra Australis Incognita.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
"The stone was looking at me and I was looking at it. It wanted me to set it free from the wall!" says Dr Sadek fancifully.
From BBC ● May 26, 2023
Out of nowhere the concerto roams into a world of fancifully skipping minuets before returning more forcefully to the beginning drama.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2022
Sometimes Daubechies gives a fancifully impractical musical metaphor to describe the difference.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2021
But life being what it is, how can ordinary people truly be expected to have 'strong opinions' on all manner of things - as Mr Harry Smith rather fancifully claims the villagers here do?
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
