FANCIFUL
\fˈansɪfə͡l], \fˈansɪfəl], \f_ˈa_n_s_ɪ_f_əl]\
Definitions of FANCIFUL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Full of fancy; guided by fancy, rather than by reason and experience; whimsical; as, a fanciful man forms visionary projects.
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Conceived in the fancy; not consistent with facts or reason; abounding in ideal qualities or figures; as, a fanciful scheme; a fanciful theory.
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Curiously shaped or constructed; as, she wore a fanciful headdress.
By Oddity Software
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Full of fancy; guided by fancy, rather than by reason and experience; whimsical; as, a fanciful man forms visionary projects.
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Conceived in the fancy; not consistent with facts or reason; abounding in ideal qualities or figures; as, a fanciful scheme; a fanciful theory.
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Curiously shaped or constructed; as, she wore a fanciful headdress.
By Noah Webster.
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Led by imagination; unreal; odd; whimsical; wild.
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Fancifully.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Fancifully.
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Guided or created by fancy; imaginative; whimsical; wild.
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FANCIFULNESS.
By Daniel Lyons
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Fancifully.
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FANCIFULNESS.
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Proceeding from or produced by fancy; ideal; odd; unreal; visionary; whimsical.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Thomas Sheridan