Synonyms for fancifulness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fan-si-fuhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfæn sɪ fəl

Définition of fancifulness

Origin : 1620s, from fancy (n.) + -ful. Related: Fancifully.

As in whimsy : noun quaint or fanciful quality or humor

Example sentences :

The event acquitted her of all the fancifulness, and all the selfishness of imaginary complaints.
Extract from : « Emma » by Jane Austen

But the point is that Maltby's fancifulness went far and well.
Extract from : « Seven Men » by Max Beerbohm

The reader has been able to form some idea of the fancifulness of the vegetable forms peculiar to the Australian savannahs.
Extract from : « The Desert World » by Arthur Mangin

It is, however, with a confession of fancifulness that I reconstruct the following story to account for Buncho.
Extract from : « Chats on Japanese Prints » by Arthur Davison Ficke

The south side constitutes the principal front, and presents a surprising variety and fancifulness in its parts.
Extract from : « Historic Sites of Lancashire and Cheshire » by James Croston

Addison's paper doubtless possessed an element of fact and truth, enriched by the fancifulness peculiar to the writer.
Extract from : « A Book of the Play » by Dutton Cook

My fancifulness he commended as something to be turned to use in writing stories.
Extract from : « The Adventures of Harry Richmond, Complete » by George Meredith

With the fancifulness of her kind, she finally took it into her head that she must consult a doctor in New York.
Extract from : « The Burial of the Guns » by Thomas Nelson Page

In these accounts it was not so much truthfulness that appealed to the public, as strangeness and fancifulness.
Extract from : « The Influence of India and Persia on the Poetry of Germany » by Arthur F. J. Remy

There was a certain amount of fancifulness and emphasis in his speech, but they understood him very well.
Extract from : « Pelle the Conqueror, Complete » by Martin Anderson Nexo

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