McGrath remembers his offbeat sense of humor, his whimsical side...
His graphic art became slighter and more whimsical.
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Whimsical — Whim si*cal, a. [From {Whimsey}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Full of, or characterized by, whims; actuated by a whim; having peculiar notions; queer; strange; freakish. A whimsical insult. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] My neighbors call me whimsical. Addison.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Whimsical — may refer to: * Whimsical, the 1906 winner of the Preakness Stakes * Whimsical, a song by Days of the New from their 1997 album Days of the New (also known as the Orange album ) * Whimsical, a Norwegian musician … Wikipedia
whimsical — index arbitrary and capricious, capricious, original (creative) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
whimsical — 1650s, from WHIMSY (Cf. whimsy). Related: Whimsically … Etymology dictionary
whimsical — [adj] playful, fanciful amusing, arbitrary, capricious, chancy, chimerical, comical, curious, dicey, droll, eccentric, erratic, fantastic, flaky*, freakish, funny, kinky*, mischievous, odd, peculiar, quaint, queer*, quizzical, singular, uncertain … New thesaurus
whimsical — ► ADJECTIVE 1) playfully quaint or fanciful. 2) acting or behaving in a capricious manner. DERIVATIVES whimsicality noun whimsically adverb … English terms dictionary
whimsical — [hwim′zi kəl, wim′zi kəl] adj. 1. full of or characterized by whims or whimsy 2. oddly out of the ordinary; fanciful; freakish 3. subject to sudden change; unpredictable whimsically adv … English World dictionary
whimsical — whimsically, adv. /hwim zi keuhl, wim /, adj. 1. given to whimsy or fanciful notions; capricious: a pixyish, whimsical fellow. 2. of the nature of or proceeding from whimsy, as thoughts or actions: Her writing showed whimsical notions of human… … Universalium
whimsical — whim|si|cal [ wımzıkl, hwımzıkl ] adjective 1. ) made or done for fun, not seriously: a whimsical design 2. ) slightly strange or old fashioned: his whimsical smile ╾ whim|si|cal|ly [ wımzıkli, hwımzıkli ] adverb … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
whimsical — adjective 1) a whimsical sense of humor Syn: fanciful, playful, mischievous, waggish, quaint, quizzical, curious, droll; eccentric, quirky, idiosyncratic, unconventional, outlandish, queer, fey; informal offbeat, freaky 2) … Thesaurus of popular words
