| 词汇 | whimsicality |
| 释义 | whimsicality noun[ U ] formaluk /ˌwɪm.zɪˈkæl.ə.ti/ us /ˌwɪm.zɪˈkæl.ə.t̬i/ the quality of being whimsical (= unusual and strange in a way that might be funny or annoying): The scarf is a great way to add a pop of colour and whimsicality to an outfit. The mother can't cope with her daughter's whimsicality. See whimsical Her work is known for its whimsicality, but lately it has taken a serious turn. The drama is cushioned with soft edges and whimsicality. The sculptures have a whimsicality that makes them unusually appealing as objects. Strange, suspicious and unnatural aberrant aberrantly abnormal abnormally add freakishly freakishness funnily funnily enoughidiom ghostliness perverse perversely perversity perverted pervy unorthodox wack wackadoodle wackily wackiness Examples of whimsicalitywhimsicality But she also allows us to see, from the point of view of agoraphobia's whimsicality, the damage they do. Added to the whimsicalities of birth, we shall now get an inconsistency of provision throughout the whole country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We already have the whimsicalities of fortune, birth and parentage which have caused a great difference in treatment from child to child. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is also known for his odd displays of whimsicality; he often uses humour to make people feel comfortable in his presence. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Using whimsicality and humor, he was purposely informal to allow his personality to show in his writing. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The website claimed that the album sees the band take their long-standing whimsicality to its logic-warping extreme. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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