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also whimsey
as in humor
a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action
the pop singer's latest whimsy is that she has acting talent
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Recent Examples of whimsy
To be clear, whimsy is an ideal that has been with Rogers for many seasons.
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Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 7 Feb. 2025
Oldenburg’s art inflated too, losing some of its endearing rawness for cartoony heft, which perhaps explains why most of the larger work landed elsewhere, where it wouldn’t be overwhelmed by New York’s architectural density, or where there’s more tolerance for whimsy.
—Max Lakin, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Author Tom Robbins, whose novels read like a hit of literary LSD, filled with fantastical characters, manic metaphors and counterculture whimsy, died on Sunday.
—Bill Trott, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
Tiled Floors Thurman says some kitchens in the 1990s had tile floors that differentiated themselves from the rest of the home and added a bit of whimsy.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2025
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Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 7 Feb. 2025
Oldenburg’s art inflated too, losing some of its endearing rawness for cartoony heft, which perhaps explains why most of the larger work landed elsewhere, where it wouldn’t be overwhelmed by New York’s architectural density, or where there’s more tolerance for whimsy.
—Max Lakin, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Author Tom Robbins, whose novels read like a hit of literary LSD, filled with fantastical characters, manic metaphors and counterculture whimsy, died on Sunday.
—Bill Trott, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
Tiled Floors Thurman says some kitchens in the 1990s had tile floors that differentiated themselves from the rest of the home and added a bit of whimsy.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whimsy
Noun
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White was known for her wry smile and biting humor, which, even in her older years, never dulled our tamed.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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It’s given Perkins a perspective – and humor – that is evident in his film.—
Jenelle Riley,
Variety,
21 Feb. 2025
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Players from a now bygone era couldn’t comprehend the notion of being nice to an opponent before kick off.—
Tim Spiers,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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The image of monkey god Hanuman, representing wisdom, strength, courage, devotion and self-discipline, is prominently placed in the series, which pits Western notions of wealth and materialism against Buddhist concepts of selflessness and spirituality.—
Jordan Riefe,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Still, there were no guarantees of how much green steel tech Gary would get; a company town inevitably depends on the whims and fortunes of its company.—
Paige Williams,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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But this has also been driven by Russian threats and growing recognition that European security should be less dependent on the whims of Washington.—
Isabelle Khurshudyan and Ellen Francis The Washington Post,
arkansasonline.com,
9 Feb. 2025
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Building Patient Trust In Digital Environments Patients' first impressions of your practice are often based on your website.—
Adhip Ray,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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In future books about how to make a strong first impression, authors would be wise to cite the work of Sears.—
Jeff Rueter,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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Many of the archival clips had been featured in one or more of the prior anniversary shows, like Martin and Gilda Radner frantically dancing together at a bar, or a short film where Phil Hartman and Jan Hooks shared a fantasy waltz.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
17 Feb. 2025
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Heralded for its visuals, the fantasy feature follows a young deity who defies destiny and wields supernatural powers to protect his people from his formidable foes.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
16 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Vape shops have spread across the American retail landscape with a bizarre swiftness, seemingly unbeholden to the same vagaries of inflation, customer demand, and local real estate that bind every other kind of storefront small business in the country.—
Amanda Mull,
The Atlantic,
22 June 2023
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Third, repeaters should prove capable of swapping this data between nodes in a network in a predictable way and not one too subject to the vagaries of chance.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
13 June 2023
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Most important, Afghanistan’s citizens have come to expect a more predictable experience when crossing borders, less subject to the whims and caprice of officials.—
George Gavrilis,
Foreign Affairs,
4 June 2015
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Back when podcasting wasn’t co-opted by YouTube, the idea was that owning your own successful podcast insulates you from being completely beholden to the caprice of social-media algorithms.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
12 Sep. 2024
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Being too aggressive with a garden cleanup in late winter can unintentionally harm beneficial insects like native ground-nesting bees.—
Anthony Reardon,
Kansas City Star,
21 Feb. 2025
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In the pilot, the suit-and-tie worker bees at Lumon are reasonably content.—
Stephen Humphries,
The Christian Science Monitor,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Whimsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whimsy. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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