whimsical
/ˈwɪmzɪk(ə)l/
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American sound/ˈwɪmzɪk(ə)l/
whimsical
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whim - si - cal -> whimsical
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(စိတ်) ဆော့ကစားခြင်း။ The dabs of colour in his paintings sometimes verge on decorative whimsy. သူ့ပန်းချီကားက ရောင်စုံစုတ်ချက်တွေဟာ တစ်ခါ တလေ တမင်လှအောင် ဆော့ထားသလိုပဲ။
❏ whimsical /'wÇmzÇkl/ adj တစ်မျိုးတစ်ဘာသာ ဖြစ်သော် လည်း နှစ်သက်ဖွယ်ကောင်းသော။ a whimsical sense of humour ❍ Much of his work has a whimsical quality. whimsically /-kli/ adv
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- ‘What he's looking for in a bona fide getaway place is fun, informality, joy, whimsy, self-expression, magnificent land, views and an opportunity for magical experiences.’
- ‘It's difficult in the space of just 125 words to summon whimsy, erudition, truth and humour, while at the same time getting under the skin of your reader, but Williams manages it there.’
- ‘Come celebrate with the young artists in attendance as they inject fresh colour, life, scent, spirit, humour and unselfconscious whimsy into our art scene.’
- ‘I was wondering whether the vulnerable human capacities for joy, and humour have been clamped down upon by the collective unconscious.’
- ‘There's nothing I despise more than whimsy, in any shape or form.’
- ‘It's easy to notice that these miscreants are overwhelmingly white, educated, and well-heeled enough to sink enormous expense and labor into realizing a few days of whimsy and weirdness.’
- ‘Some jokes fall flat, shifting the harmonic balance from whimsy to awkward.’
- ‘The film certainly succeeds in doing that - but it also taps into Barrie's well-documented yearning for a world in which playfulness and whimsy would always triumph over seriousness and propriety.’
- ‘That blend of art and whimsy epitomizes both Frank and his hometown.’
- ‘I've beta-tested this at various points and at each time I've been struck by Ludicorp's amazing combination of utilitarian, usable interface aesthetic and genuinely witty whimsy.’
- ‘An acute political awareness and a fondness for '50s comic strips inform his odd blend of malevolence and whimsy.’
- ‘The trio brings appropriate whimsy to Gorey's playfully macabre material, an accordion main soundtrack to besotted mothers and weeping chandeliers.’
- ‘It's a simple love song for a beautiful creature, but then out of whimsy, suddenly there's a Dixie band in it.’
- ‘Sandler's a ridiculous romantic lead, but when the tone of the film matches his awkward effort with pure whimsy, it's light fun.’
- ‘Jarmusch directs with a deadpan tone throughout, always at a slow, sometimes funereal pace, his humour full of whimsy and subversion but prone to moments of idiosyncrasy that slip towards pretension.’
- ‘In my opinion the eyes are almost the most important part of the toy, giving it so much personality - humour, cuteness, scariness and so on.’
- ‘Though her subject matter is grim, Turke approaches it with whimsy and much humour.’
- ‘The writing is her usual blend of charming whimsy, heartbreaking poignancy and sometimes impenetrable surrealism.’
- ‘Do not allow yourself any capricious acts of whimsy, be precise and calculated, erring (if you must) on the side of mercy and the greater good.’
- ‘As if historical fact weren't enough, Jones also shows a fondness for, and in fact a deft hand with, fanciful flights of whimsy.’
Synonyms
dream, daydream, fancy, hope, desire, castle in the sky, vision, flight of the imagination, caprice, eccentricity, fancifulness, fantasy, flight of fancy, humorousness, idea, impulse, notion, oddity, oddness, playfulness, quaintness, quality, quirk, quirkiness, thought, vagary, whim, whimsicality, whimsically
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