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fanciful
[
fan
-si-f
uh
l
]
Example Sentences
Origin
fan·ci·ful
/
ˈfæn
sɪ
fəl
/
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[
fan
-si-f
uh
l
]
Show IPA
adjective
1.
characterized by or showing
fancy
;
capricious or whimsical in appearance:
a fanciful design of butterflies and flowers.
2.
suggested by
fancy
;
imaginary; unreal:
fanciful lands of romance.
3.
led by
fancy
rather than by
reason
and experience; whimsical:
a fanciful mind.
Origin:
1620–30;
fancy
+
-ful
Related forms
fan·ci·ful·ly,
adverb
fan·ci·ful·ness,
noun
o·ver·fan·ci·ful,
adjective
o·ver·fan·ci·ful·ly,
adverb
o·ver·fan·ci·ful·ness,
noun
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un·fan·ci·ful,
adjective
COLLAPSE
Synonyms
2.
visionary, baseless, illusory.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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Example Sentences
Middle school girls are transforming their lockers with
fanciful
decorations.
Barthes wants to have it both ways: photographs as magical and mundane,
fanciful
and factual.
Better to keep people ignorant of the past and to concentrate their minds upon the
fanciful
utopia that lies ahead.
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Middle school girls are transforming their lockers with
fanciful
decorations.
Barthes wants to have it both ways: photographs as magical and mundane,
fanciful
and factual.
Better to keep people ignorant of the past and to concentrate their minds upon the
fanciful
utopia that lies ahead.
These animals can be
fanciful
but must show evidence of special adaptations to the conditions in which they live.
But lightning flickers above thunderstorms too, where the ghostly flashes have such
fanciful
names as elves and sprites.
Each corner of her house displays evidence of her talent for creating an ambience both
fanciful
and romantic.
The iWatch is as
fanciful
a design as you could wish for.
Plenty of people get away with using
fanciful
names.
Unfortunately, the skill of learning how to learn from consequences is manifest as
fanciful
fictional mysticism.
Thoughts ranged in wilder and more
fanciful
directions.
These maps were generally simple and sometimes
fanciful
.
The moons are exaggerated in this artist's
fanciful
conception.
Such critics aren't describing libertarianism, but their own
fanciful
creation.
Interior decorators and paint manufacturers, among others, are constantly coming up with ever more
fanciful
color names.
Better to maintain this record, surely, than to devise
fanciful
ways of correcting it.
But the science behind high-octane sweets is anything but
fanciful
.
But
fanciful
speculation aside, perhaps some future telescope will be able to give us additional details.
Comic-Con is a
fanciful
celebration of all things ink and spandex.
The rumour is as telling as it may turn out to be
fanciful
.
My eyes scan cognac-colored boots made of hand-sewn leather and
fanciful
boots with gold-leather accents.
Horgan criticizes transhumanism and calls it
fanciful
but gives absolutely no evidence or arguments to support that claim.
It didn't even have to have a
fanciful
moniker that trips off the tongue and cutely embeds a synonym for friend.
It is a large tent, with
fanciful
minarets, and a red carpet to make it cosy.
Signs can entertain with overkill and
fanciful
images.
They have to keep pace with the state of the art in
fanciful
awesomeness and maybe sell a few toys.
Now this
fanciful
dream is taking its first tentative steps towards reality.
Bhutan's traditional culture is full of
fanciful
lore that stretches back centuries.
What is less
fanciful
is the southerners' determination.
It would be
fanciful
to suggest that rainwater harvesting can resolve all water problems.
Bonus points for commenters who explain the connexions,
fanciful
or otherwise, between the two.
As things now stand, a peaceful election is
fanciful
.
If the plan is to offer the banks a brief shelter in a storm, it looks
fanciful
.
In a continent where frontiers and people are famously ill matched, such a prospect is not altogether
fanciful
.
But yesterday, a
fanciful
version of those venerable sales vehicles.
But he also made a string of
fanciful
claims that alienated sceptics all the.
In the
fanciful
example above, the needle is the word.
Stern, whose department is co-sponsoring a
fanciful
foray into.
In this febrile mix, the tales about the source of some rumours sound almost as
fanciful
as the rumours themselves.
Dim and
fanciful
visions of the twinkling fire planet have led to panoramic close-ups beautiful beyond imagining.
Most
fanciful
and peculiar dresses are constantly to be seen.
The first is the statement that it s human to underestimate the time it takes for
fanciful
technologies to arrive.
Buchwaldek has been pretty busy bringing
fanciful
creations from the pages of sci-fi to life.
The film works best when it forgets such
fanciful
touches and simply sticks to the facts.
It's far more likely, however, that a child who could stay awake through this
fanciful
reality game show.
Finally, it seems
fanciful
if not hubristic to argue that private aid can fix failed political systems.
Love's work, scampering and parading across the stage in
fanciful
costumes.
For them, the playground is a
fanciful
environment, a creation of sophisticated design.
In embellishing this fiction the author has seen fit to employ the
fanciful
detail of the original and more.
It is
fanciful
to imagine that immigration will decrease.
But her evidence is razor-thin, her argument
fanciful
and unconvincing.
It is within commonsense and does not require a
fanciful
story.
The idea that agreement to all of this is on the cards is
fanciful
in my opinion.
By mandating compliance, they end up with a certain number of people who fill out the form, but fill it out with
fanciful
data.
It is bordering on the
fanciful
to suggest that chemical companies develop crops that will use less chemicals.
And the idea of human population numbers declining to insignificance is
fanciful
.
COLLAPSE
Collins
World English Dictionary
fanciful
(ˈfænsɪfʊl)
—
adj
1.
not based on fact; dubious or imaginary:
fanciful notions
2.
made or designed in a curious, intricate, or imaginative way
3.
indulging in or influenced by fancy; whimsical
'fancifully
—
adv
'fancifulness
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
fanciful
1620s, from
fancy
+
-ful
. Related: Fancifully.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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