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whimsically (mass) | whimsically
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flimsier (encz) | flimsier,chatrnější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
flimsiest (encz) | flimsiest,nejchatrnější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
flimsily (encz) | flimsily,chatrně adv: Zdeněk Brožflimsily,tenoučce adv: Zdeněk Brož |
flimsiness (encz) | flimsiness,chatrnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
whimsical (encz) | whimsical,náladový adj: PetrVwhimsical,rozmarný adj: whimsical,výstřední adj: PetrV |
whimsicality (encz) | whimsicality,rozmarnost n: |
whimsically (encz) | whimsically,náladově adv: Zdeněk Brož |
whimsies (encz) | whimsies, |
Dim-sighted (gcide) | Dim-sighted \Dim"-sight`ed\, a.
Having dim sight; lacking perception. --
Dim"-sight`ed*ness, n. |
Dim-sightedness (gcide) | Dim-sighted \Dim"-sight`ed\, a.
Having dim sight; lacking perception. --
Dim"-sight`ed*ness, n. |
Flimsier (gcide) | Flimsy \Flim"sy\, a. [Compar. Flimsier; superl. Flimsiest.]
[Cf. W. llymsi naked, bare, empty, sluggish, spiritless. Cf.
Limsy.]
Weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or
solidity; of loose and unsubstantial structure; without
reason or plausibility; as, a flimsy argument, excuse,
objection.
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Proud of a vast extent of flimsy lines. --Pope.
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All the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain.
--Sheridan.
Syn: Weak; feeble; superficial; shallow; vain.
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Flimsiest (gcide) | Flimsy \Flim"sy\, a. [Compar. Flimsier; superl. Flimsiest.]
[Cf. W. llymsi naked, bare, empty, sluggish, spiritless. Cf.
Limsy.]
Weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or
solidity; of loose and unsubstantial structure; without
reason or plausibility; as, a flimsy argument, excuse,
objection.
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Proud of a vast extent of flimsy lines. --Pope.
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All the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain.
--Sheridan.
Syn: Weak; feeble; superficial; shallow; vain.
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Flimsily (gcide) | Flimsily \Flim"si*ly\, adv.
In a flimsy manner.
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Flimsiness (gcide) | Flimsiness \Flim"si*ness\, n.
The state or quality of being flimsy.
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Grimsir (gcide) | Grimsir \Grim"sir\, n.
A stern man. [Obs.] --Burton.
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Whimsical (gcide) | Whimsical \Whim"si*cal\, a. [From Whimsey.]
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1. Full of, or characterized by, whims; actuated by a whim;
having peculiar notions; queer; strange; freakish. "A
whimsical insult." --Macaulay.
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My neighbors call me whimsical. --Addison.
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2. Odd or fantastic in appearance; quaintly devised;
fantastic. "A whimsical chair." --Evelyn.
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Syn: Quaint; capricious; fanciful; fantastic.
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Whimsicality (gcide) | Whimsicality \Whim`si*cal"i*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being whimsical; whimsicalness.
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Whimsically (gcide) | Whimsically \Whim"si*cal*ly\, adv.
In a whimsical manner; freakishly.
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Whimsicalness (gcide) | Whimsicalness \Whim"si*cal*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being whimsical; freakishness;
whimsical disposition.
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Whimsies (gcide) | Whimsey \Whim"sey\, Whimsy \Whimsy\, n.; pl. Whimseysor
Whimsies. [See Whim.]
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1. A whim; a freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd
conceit. "The whimsies of poets and painters." --Ray.
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Men's folly, whimsies, and inconstancy. --Swift.
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Mistaking the whimseys of a feverish brain for the
calm revelation of truth. --Bancroft.
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2. (Mining) A whim.
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flimsily (wn) | flimsily
adv 1: in a weak and flimsy manner; "this car is so flimsily
constructed!" |
flimsiness (wn) | flimsiness
n 1: the property of weakness by virtue of careless construction
[syn: flimsiness, shoddiness] |
whimsical (wn) | whimsical
adj 1: determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by
necessity or reason; "a capricious refusal";
"authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"; "the
victim of whimsical persecutions" [syn: capricious,
impulsive, whimsical] |
whimsicality (wn) | whimsicality
n 1: 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" [syn:
flightiness, arbitrariness, whimsicality, whimsy,
whimsey, capriciousness]
2: the trait of behaving like an imp [syn: impishness,
mischievousness, puckishness, whimsicality] |
whimsically (wn) | whimsically
adv 1: in a fanciful manner; "the Christmas tree was fancifully
decorated" [syn: fancifully, whimsically] |