Whimsy

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

1. ‘What he's looking for in a bona fide getaway place is fun
2. informality
3. joy
4. whimsy
5. self-expression
6. magnificent land
7. views and an opportunity for magical experiences.’
8. ‘It's difficult in the space of just 125 words to summon whimsy
9. erudition
10. truth and humour
11. while at the same time getting under the skin of your reader
12. but Williams manages it there.’
13. ‘Come celebrate with the young artists in attendance as they inject fresh colour
14. life
15. scent
16. spirit
17. humour and unselfconscious whimsy into our art scene.’
18. ‘I was wondering whether the vulnerable human capacities for joy
19. and humour have been clamped down upon by the collective unconscious.’
20. ‘There's nothing I despise more than whimsy
21. in any shape or form.’
22. ‘It's easy to notice that these miscreants are overwhelmingly white
23. educated
24. and well-heeled enough to sink enormous expense and labor into realizing a few days of whimsy and weirdness.’
25. ‘Some jokes fall flat
26. shifting the harmonic balance from whimsy to awkward.’
27. ‘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.’
28. ‘That blend of art and whimsy epitomizes both Frank and his hometown.’
29. ‘I've beta-tested this at various points and at each time I've been struck by Ludicorp's amazing combination of utilitarian
30. usable interface aesthetic and genuinely witty whimsy.’
31. ‘An acute political awareness and a fondness for '50s comic strips inform his odd blend of malevolence and whimsy.’
32. ‘The trio brings appropriate whimsy to Gorey's playfully macabre material
33. an accordion main soundtrack to besotted mothers and weeping chandeliers.’
34. ‘It's a simple love song for a beautiful creature
35. but then out of whimsy
36. suddenly there's a Dixie band in it.’
37. ‘Sandler's a ridiculous romantic lead
38. but when the tone of the film matches his awkward effort with pure whimsy
39. it's light fun.’
40. ‘Jarmusch directs with a deadpan tone throughout
41. always at a slow
42. sometimes funereal pace
43. his humour full of whimsy and subversion but prone to moments of idiosyncrasy that slip towards pretension.’
44. ‘In my opinion the eyes are almost the most important part of the toy
45. giving it so much personality - humour
46. cuteness
47. scariness and so on.’
48. ‘Though her subject matter is grim
49. Turke approaches it with whimsy and much humour.’
50. ‘The writing is her usual blend of charming whimsy
51. heartbreaking poignancy and sometimes impenetrable surrealism.’
52. ‘Do not allow yourself any capricious acts of whimsy
53. be precise and calculated
54. erring (if you must) on the side of mercy and the greater good.’
55. ‘As if historical fact weren't enough
56. Jones also shows a fondness for
57. and in fact a deft hand with
58. fanciful flights of whimsy.’