Dictionary entry
Whimsical
Pronunciation: /ˈwɪmzɪk(ə)l/
Pronunciation
/ˈwɪmzɪk(ə)l/
Myanmar Meaning
အပြောင်းအလဲမြန်သော။ စိတ်ကူးယဉ်ဆန်သော။
Definition
whimsy /'wÇmzi/ n [U] (စိတ္) ေဆာ့ကစားျခင္း။ The dabs of colour in his paintings sometimes verge on decorative whimsy. သူ႕ပန္းခ်ီကားက ေရာင္စံုစုတ္ခ်က္ေတြဟာ တစ္ခါ တေလ တမင္လွေအာင္ ေဆာ့ထားသလိုပဲ။ ❏ whimsical /'wÇmzÇkl/ adj တစ္မ်ဳိးတစ္ဘာသာ ျဖစ္ေသာ္ လည္း ႏွစ္သက္ဖြယ္ေကာင္းေသာ။ a whimsical sense of humour ❍ Much of his work has a whimsical quality. whimsically /-kli/ adv
Examples
- ‘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.’