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Synonyms for fanciful
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : fan-si-fuhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfæn sɪ fəl |
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Définition of fanciful
Origin :- 1620s, from fancy (n.) + -ful. Related: Fancifully.
- adj imaginary, romantic
- The fable is fanciful and pleasing in itself; but will it not hereafter be believed as reality?
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- The thing was incomprehensible to Tip, and altogether a fanciful notion.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- He found, when he looked up, that this sensation was not a fanciful one.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- He did not like to offer her money, but a pretty, fanciful idea occurred to him.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- We must separate the fanciful from the real, or at least make the one subservient to the other.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- It should be as fanciful as possible, so as just to be presentable in Society.
- Extract from : « The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Harry Furniss
- In this fanciful tale Plato has dropped, or almost dropped, the garb of mythology.
- Extract from : « Gorgias » by Plato
- And here and on this wise let my fanciful tale about letters and teachers of letters come to an end.
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- Is it fanciful to suppose that he meant to give the stamp of authenticity to the one and not to the other?
- Extract from : « Apology » by Plato
- In the dim twilight they assumed every variety of fanciful form.
- Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 » by Various
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