| slovo | definícia |
whimsical
(encz) | whimsical,náladový adj: PetrV |
whimsical
(encz) | whimsical,rozmarný adj: |
whimsical
(encz) | whimsical,výstřední adj: PetrV |
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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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] |
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whimsically
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whimsicality
(encz) | whimsicality,rozmarnost n: |
whimsically
(encz) | whimsically,náladově adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Whimsical
(gcide) | 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.
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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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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] |
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