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Meaning of 'fanciful'
Meaning of 'fanciful' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Fanciful 
[ a.]
- Full of fancy; guided by fancy, rather than by reason and
experience; whimsical; as, a fanciful man forms visionary projects. [ a.]- Conceived in the fancy; not consistent with facts or reason; abounding in ideal qualities or figures; as, a fanciful scheme; a fanciful theory.
- Curiously shaped or constructed; as, she wore a fanciful headdress.
Meaning of 'fanciful' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. fanciful [ s]
[ s]Meaning (1):
- indulging in or influenced by fancy
- indulging in or influenced by fancy
Example in sentence:
- a fanciful mind;
- all the notional vagaries of childhood
Meaning (2):
- having a curiously intricate quality
- having a curiously intricate quality
Example in sentence:
- a fanciful pattern with intertwined vines and flowers
Meaning (3):
- not based on fact; existing only in the imagination
- not based on fact; existing only in the imagination
Example in sentence:
- a small child's imaginary friends;
- the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties;
- to create a notional world for oneself
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