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whimsical adjective [ ˈwɪmzɪk(ə)l ]

• playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way.
• "a whimsical sense of humour"
Similar: fanciful, playful, mischievous, waggish, quaint, fantastic, unusual, curious, droll, eccentric, quirky, offbeat, idiosyncratic, unconventional, outlandish, peculiar, queer, bizarre, weird, odd, freakish, freaky, dotty,
• acting or behaving in a capricious manner.
• "the whimsical arbitrariness of autocracy"
Similar: volatile, capricious, temperamental, impulsive, excitable, fickle, changeable, unpredictable, variable, erratic, quicksilver, mercurial, mutable, inconstant, inconsistent, unstable, unsteady, fluctuating, ever-changing, protean, kaleidoscopic, fluid, wavering, vacillating, wayward, labile,


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