fancifulness

noun

Definition of fancifulnessnext
as in whimsicality

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  1. whimsy
  2. fantasy
  3. impetuosity
  4. vagary
Noun
  • Birdsong floats softly in the background, adding a touch of whimsy, while Smith’s signature stripes and vibrant ornaments transform the tree into a visual masterpiece.
    Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The night felt cathartic for those who have had their hearts broken, and Carpenter delivered a great balance of whimsy and passion.
    Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of whimsy
Noun
  • What that means is two-fold: a series that captures Game of Thrones’s extensive, fantasy world-building and the drama of political succession and a show dropping on HBO’s premier Sunday night spot that everyone wants to talk about the morning after.
    Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
  • As was the case in 1994, most of the claims that were used to rationalize these horrors were grounded in misinformation, outright lies, and racist fantasies.
    Eladio B. Bobadilla / Made by History, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of fantasy
Noun
  • Two centuries later, the Greek historian Polybius contrasted Roman discipline, order, and rationality with Celtic impetuosity, chaos, and passion on the battlefield.
    Michele Gelfand, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2021
  • Meeting his current expedition partner, Børge Ousland, required another stroke of youthful impetuosity.
    Kelly Bastone, Outside Online, 8 Nov. 2017
Definition of impetuosity
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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
  • 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
Definition of vagary
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