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also whimsey
as in humor
a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action
the pop singer's latest whimsy is that she has acting talent
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Recent Examples of whimsy
Intricate metallic details amplify an air of romance, glamor, and whimsy.
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Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2025
Kerry Washington delivered dramatic whimsy in a floral-appliqué Prada bra top and ball-appropriate skirt.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2025
The new release, fuses the label’s signature minimalism with subtle touches of whimsy, providing fans with a capsule range that feels both current and enduring.
—Angela Lei, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Disappointments: The collections generally aired on the side of wearability and practicality over whimsy and fantasy, at a time that clients may be looking to fashion for a sense of escapism.
—David Moin, WWD, 12 Feb. 2025
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Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2025
Kerry Washington delivered dramatic whimsy in a floral-appliqué Prada bra top and ball-appropriate skirt.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2025
The new release, fuses the label’s signature minimalism with subtle touches of whimsy, providing fans with a capsule range that feels both current and enduring.
—Angela Lei, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Disappointments: The collections generally aired on the side of wearability and practicality over whimsy and fantasy, at a time that clients may be looking to fashion for a sense of escapism.
—David Moin, WWD, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whimsy
Noun
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That also included the decision on saving O’Brien’s references to the fires until later in his monologue — and to add humor to the firefighters’ appearance during the broadcast.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
3 Mar. 2025
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Whenever O’Brien was onstage, balancing impish humor with a palpable love for movies and compassion for an industry where so many recently lost so much to the wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles, the ceremony felt light and loose.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
3 Mar. 2025
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More important, the notion of having U.S. mining operations on or near the border between the Ukraine and Russia, especially the bord is with its occupied Ukrainian territory, to serve as a deterrence to future military action is hardly going to appeal to most private companies.—
Michael Lynch,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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What Fuller did, however, was challenge this notion, Powell said.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
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The iPhone had turned my mind into a version of a notification screen, and this tumult swept me up, subordinating my moods and mind to its whims.—
Charley Locke,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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Unlike the never-ending work of looking out and reacting – to misconceptions, questions, injustices – the flickering whim comes from within me.—
Rebekah Taussig,
TIME,
24 Feb. 2025
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Beecham now has three podcasts and two shows under the Enjoy Basketball umbrella reaching over 1 million fans across all platforms, and generating over 120 million impressions monthly.—
Etan Vlessing,
The Hollywood Reporter,
4 Mar. 2025
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The white-washed undyed look on this impression of a Persian style gives it a cozy, rustic vibe.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
4 Mar. 2025
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The fantasy relevance for tight ends as slow as Helm just isn’t there.—
Steve Bradshaw,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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An arena spectacle with WWE auras is unusual for Dungeons & Dragons, the famously nerdy tabletop game of fantasy heroics and lucky (or unlucky) rolls of dice.—
Eric Francisco,
Rolling Stone,
1 Mar. 2025
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Vape shops have spread across the American retail landscape with a bizarre swiftness, seemingly unbeholden to the same vagaries of inflation, customer demand, and local real estate that bind every other kind of storefront small business in the country.—
Amanda Mull,
The Atlantic,
22 June 2023
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Third, repeaters should prove capable of swapping this data between nodes in a network in a predictable way and not one too subject to the vagaries of chance.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
13 June 2023
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But Cass is not the man to beat his head in bitterness over female caprice.—
Frank C. Hibben,
Outdoor Life,
27 Feb. 2025
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But all of this is merely the set-up for the major mishap that happens — a kind of cosmic caprice.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2025
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Learn about Florida-Friendly Landscaping principles, smart irrigation, vegetable gardening, and flower species to attract bees, butterflies, and beneficial insects.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
5 Mar. 2025
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Harvesting honey, helping in a large garden, tending to chickens, ducks, geese and bees.—
Shivani Vora,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Whimsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whimsy. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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