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whimsical

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How positively whimsical it would be to stand shoulder to shoulder, hovering over sneeze guards, sharing soup ladles to scoop an odd assortment of pudding, three grapes, a heap of rotini pasta, and a drumstick onto a plate.

From Eater

He then set out to gut and renovate the ground floor to establish an operation every bit as utilitarian as the rest of the office was whimsical.

From Fortune

VdL’s invocation of the Bauhaus might seem a little whimsical at a time when Europe is facing the double whammy of a pandemic and a climate emergency, but it does make quite a bit of sense.

From Fortune

Just around the corner is the more pocket-friendly 99-room MoMo’s, a more whimsical hotel concept that called on the talents behind Sydney’s Akin Atelier for its interior decor.

From Fortune

He has emerged as one of Amazon’s highest-profile executives, taking to his Twitter to post whimsical videos like delivery drivers dancing, or to defend the company’s reputation from news stories critical of Amazon’s practices.

From Fortune

Lyricist E. Y. “Yip” Harburg was as provocative as Hammerstein, though with a much less earnest, more whimsical sensibility.

Bulbous columns, winding staircases, and whimsical bas-reliefs of mythical creatures wrap around the palace.

The actor transformed from a sensual Marilyn Monroe to a whimsical Salvador Dali to a starving migrant mother, seamlessly.

The artists are no stranger to the whimsical and the surreal.

In January, the newly revived Schiaparelli sent out its first couture collection in decades, presenting light, whimsical clothing.

For a moment there was no consciousness in their gaze; then a whimsical ghost of a smile crept about his mouth.

Ida thought it was, but the quiet confidence behind his whimsical manner appealed to her.

Weston was a little leaner, and his face was grimmer than it had been, for the whimsical carelessness had faded out of it.

An instance of oaths being subjected to the like whimsical conditions is noticeable in the domestic manners of Old Germany.

There was a whimsical smile on his lips, but his eyes were wonderfully tender.

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On this page you'll find 135 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to whimsical, such as: amusing, comical, droll, eccentric, funny, and mischievous.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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