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# whimsical

adjective

«whimsical» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Whimsical means odd, playful and full of fancy, not quite ordinary. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whimsical/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, a whimsical person has funny, unexpected ideas

### Examples

- What whimsical ideas these lunatics have! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whimsical/#x1)
- The king wore a whimsical hat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whimsical/#x2)
- The statue looked whimsical in the moonlight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whimsical/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «whimsical» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whimsical/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«whimsical» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/whimsical.html) on Mova free.