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the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory -
an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories
he had a whimsy about flying to the moon
whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it
How To Use whimsey In A Sentence
- If garish colours had been in my mindset, then it has my kind of whimsey. MX42 / Illustration Friday: Frozen
- When Cocky, balanced on one leg, the other leg in the air as the foot of it held the scruff of Michael's neck, leaned to Michael's ear and wheedled, Michael could only lay down silkily the bristly hair-waves of his neck, and with silly half-idiotic eyes of bliss agree to whatever was Cocky's will or whimsey so delivered. CHAPTER XI
- As I looked, I saw the singular apparition of a moving "whimsey" at the top of Brierley Hill, dark and black against the shining surface. Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men
- Nonsensical garbage to confuse kids under the guise of "whimsey" and "delightful logic puzzles. Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
- I try listening to NPR but I'm just not a good enough person to be the receptacle for all that homogenized reasonableness lightly sugared with whimsey and vitamin-enriched with valuable life lessons. The I-Man Cometh: James Wolcott
- John and Ken used to do the A&G whimsey, but have gone to all outrage all the time, which gets better ratings. Unmade noises.
- I would have doubted that there is, except for a very interesting bit of cobblestones-and-barricades talk masquerading as dark whimsey from our good friend and bon vivant Mark Morford in the San Francisco Chronicle also this grim Wednesday morning with the message "Eat the Rich", a title he swiped from Aerosmith (their song linked in his essay is worth listening to if you were born after 1935). The Hundred Year Storm
- Changing the target in response to a global economic crisis the likes of which has not been seen since the Great Depression is not whimsey. Matthew Yglesias » Bernanke on Japan
- Five hundred limited edition copies of the book, which follows the story of the sheepdog and his friends on Whimsey Farm, went on sale.
- This whimsey, folksey, eyewinking burst of banter; a bold fresh piece of Republican talking points tagger. Early Snap Polls: Biden Won Handily
