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The best stuff we’ve done has whimsicalness about it, for sure.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2017

That is fanciful which is dictated or suggested by fancy independently of more serious considerations; the fantastic is the fanciful with the added elements of whimsicalness and extravagance.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin

After lunch they walked back to the State house together, Truslow regarding his thoughtful companion with sidelong whimsicalness.

From In the Arena Stories of Political Life by Tarkington, Booth

At last it came, on his part, to a titanic whimsicalness of assent.

From Foes by Johnston, Mary

Elizabeth lost faith in herself as she saw her apparent whimsicalness and began to lash herself into line as John and his mother wished.

From The Wind Before the Dawn by Munger, Dell H.