whimsy
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Oh, L.A. had glimmers of whimsy to keep up our spirits.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
The boy who left Oxford all whimsy and loose, would become someone wondrous... the marvellous Dr. Seuss.
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026
Gollapudi says he’ll miss the whimsy of it all, if not the stress of having to check in precisely 24 hours before your flight for the best boarding position.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026
But even those betray an iota of human-made whimsy, a sparkle of vulnerability.
From Slate • Jan. 7, 2026
As Elizebeth once said fondly of William, “The whimsy and fun is always carried out to the smallest detail.”
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
Vocabulary lists containing whimsy
Kindred
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"All That" by David Foster Wallace
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