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Fanciful Common

Fanciful has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

indulging in or influenced by fancy

"a fanciful mind"

"all the notional vagaries of childhood"

2

not based on fact; existing only in the imagination

"the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"

"a small child's imaginary friends"

"to create a notional world for oneself"

3

having a curiously intricate quality

"a fanciful pattern with intertwined vines and flowers"

4

Imaginative or fantastic.

Example Sentences
"a fanciful mind" adjective
"all the notional vagaries of childhood" adjective
"the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties" adjective
"a small child's imaginary friends" adjective
"to create a notional world for oneself" adjective
"a fanciful pattern with intertwined vines and flowers" adjective
See Also
grotesque conceitedly chase rainbows imagined unreal fantastical gesticulation manimal
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Rhyming Words
awful woful urnful earful endful woeful cupful hueful dueful manful jugful aimful wilful aidful useful canful binful busful armful owlful
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