词汇 | whimsically |
释义 | whimsically adverb uk /ˈwɪm.zɪ.kəl.i/ us /ˈwɪm.zɪ.kəl.i/ in a whimsical way (= unusual and strange in a way that might be funny or annoying): He was whimsically charming and especially warm with children. It is a refreshingly quirky adult fairy tale set in a whimsically surreal world. See whimsical Furniture and books are displayed in a whimsically Gothic interior. The whimsically irregular wooden benches and tables are made by the talented staff. The whimsically decorated shack serves fried green tomatoes and alligator pizza every night. 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 whimsicallywhimsically Semitonal slips in the melodic lines slowly expand to larger intervals, and the percussion tattoos return, this time whimsically. Are we going to have a fixed budget each year, determined almost whimsically by civil servants? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That falls from him very whimsically, and not justly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One of the boats contained what was rather whimsically described in the first answer as drums of chemical waste. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, perhaps we looked at it, as trade unionists, rather whimsically, because it was usually inefficient. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The problem which has been evident in all the speeches in the debate is that they can be used arbitrarily and whimsically in the industrial relations and collective bargaining processes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The soldier looked at him whimsically. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The 2321 was whimsically known as the noodle picker since the removable magnetic strips were flexible and resembled lasagna noodles. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The proposed phenomena was whimsically named cosmic iron whiskers and served as the thermalization mechanism. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Glass forms protrude from the background surface, whimsically frolicking with and redefining underlying blocks of color and lead scribbles. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. However, it is the first known instance of an animal producing light by this effect and was whimsically dubbed shrimpoluminescence upon its discovery in 2001. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The two whimsically frolic all night and the scene ends with them exhausted by the nights activities. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It is said that humans can summon her to have their wishes granted in exchange for compensation, though she often acts whimsically. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She is known for her whimsically prolix movie titles. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Between the shimmering synth builds and the whimsically young yet honest lyrics, this is a collection that truly shines. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of whimsically 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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