Synonyms for fancy-free

Grammar : Adj

Spell : fan-see-free

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfæn siˈfri

Définition of fancy-free

Origin : "free from the trammels of love," 1580s, from fancy (n.) + free (adj.).

adj carefree

Example sentences :

His pleased haste to assist her, showed that he at least, if fancy-free, was not memory-clear.
Extract from : « David Elginbrod » by George MacDonald

Where, if not in dealing with motives and causes, may one be fancy-free?
Extract from : « The Comedies of William Congreve » by William Congreve

A man travels best in his youth, when he is foot-free, care-free, fancy-free.
Extract from : « On the Stairs » by Henry B. Fuller

We had no romance in the matter; there was nobody so fancy-free.
Extract from : « The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition » by Robert Louis Stevenson

It was indeed the swan-song of the heart-whole and fancy-free—the swan-song of the unawakened.
Extract from : « The Adventures of a Modest Man » by Robert W. Chambers

Miss Blood will reach her friends as fancy-free as she left home.
Extract from : « The Lady of the Aroostook » by William Dean Howells

She was forced to believe that Pamela was as yet fancy-free.
Extract from : « The Hall and the Grange » by Archibald Marshall

Bessie, who was fancy-free, and a lively-spirited girl, by no means relished the slights and privations which poverty entails.
Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXVI, July 1852, Vol. V » by Various

Owen's footsteps rapidly ascending the stairs, interrupted this fancy-free meditation.
Extract from : « Desperate Remedies » by Thomas Hardy

Inexpressibly beautiful is the contrast between the fancy-free and the loving Gretchen.
Extract from : « Musical Criticisms » by Arthur Johnstone

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