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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
Spring tablescapes have a way of bringing out our inner whimsy with floral placemats, colorful candlesticks, and now (again) with cabbageware: dishes that look like cabbage.
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Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Mar. 2025
Directed by Adam Brooks and based on the novel by Lori Nelson Spielman, The Life List aims to balance whimsy with deeply relatable emotional stakes and turn a familiar setup into something that feels universal.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Tom Robbins dazzled millions of readers with the whimsy and imagination in his bestselling novels, such as 1984's Jitterbug Perfume, Skinny Legs and All, from 1990, and Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, a 1976 book adapted by director Gus Van Sant into a 1993 film.
—Tom Vitale, NPR, 9 Feb. 2025
Grab a few of the brand’s vibrant Flower Plates in Turquoise (the only hue that’s currently in stock), whose ridged, upward-sloping edges will add many tablespoons of whimsy to all upcoming meals.
—Stacia Datskovska, WWD, 17 Mar. 2025
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Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Mar. 2025
Directed by Adam Brooks and based on the novel by Lori Nelson Spielman, The Life List aims to balance whimsy with deeply relatable emotional stakes and turn a familiar setup into something that feels universal.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Tom Robbins dazzled millions of readers with the whimsy and imagination in his bestselling novels, such as 1984's Jitterbug Perfume, Skinny Legs and All, from 1990, and Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, a 1976 book adapted by director Gus Van Sant into a 1993 film.
—Tom Vitale, NPR, 9 Feb. 2025
Grab a few of the brand’s vibrant Flower Plates in Turquoise (the only hue that’s currently in stock), whose ridged, upward-sloping edges will add many tablespoons of whimsy to all upcoming meals.
—Stacia Datskovska, WWD, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whimsy
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For her performance, Clarkson sported a Buffalo Bills jacket — a nod to that day’s guest, Hailee Steinfeld, who is engaged to quarterback Josh Allen — and kept her vocal arrangement free of any of her signature high notes or riffs, letting the humor of Crow’s lyrics speak for itself.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
9 Apr. 2025
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The role sees Williams’s character balancing humor and tragedy up until her final moments.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Apr. 2025
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Thibodeau shot down the notion Anunoby will be resigned to spacing the floor in the corners once Brunson returns to the lineup.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
6 Apr. 2025
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This notion leads to several different economic reasons for having tariffs, such as encouraging the purchase of domestic goods and altering foreign economic policy.—
Nathan Goldman,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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But Greer is attempting to systematize a policy environment that is being by driven by fiat and decree, the whims of the man at the top.—
Dewardric L. McNeal,
CNBC,
6 Apr. 2025
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The very structure and pacing of the film reflects the rhythm of a real game—tense, strategic and methodical, but always at the whim of whatever fate has in store.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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My impression of bath mats, from years of owning ones that end up getting soggy on contact, was that there was little to nothing to do about mildew, puddles of water, and discoloration.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
27 Mar. 2025
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And those first impressions include just about everything.—
Terri Williams,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Heading into the weekend, Warner Bros. and Legendary’s PG fantasy comedy, starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa, was projected to take in $70 million to $80 million, with some bullish analysts suggesting a final number closer to $90 million.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
6 Apr. 2025
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Over the course of his career, Reynoso has designed costumes from dozens of time periods, as well as different countries, and even timeless fantasy periods.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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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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The path drops away steeply, on one side into scientific sterility and on the other into artistic caprice.—
Cody Cottier,
Discover Magazine,
7 Feb. 2025
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An e-mail publication was invulnerable to the caprices of social-media platforms and their algorithms.—
Nathan Heller,
The New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2025
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Cicadas aren't equipped to sting like bees or wasps.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2025
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Trying to go back to the Spelling Bee? Want to learn more about bees?—
New York Times Games,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Whimsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whimsy. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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