fanciful
Example Sentences
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It is not fanciful to suspect that Iranian capabilities are being degraded very quickly.
From MarketWatch
The RFU has promised an open inquest into what has gone wrong and, regardless of what happens in Paris - and a victory appears fanciful - this needs to be forensic.
From BBC
Architecture critics, who like to put the chapel in a historical context, regard it as a turning point in the discipline—its fanciful use of concrete anticipates Brutalism and its unusual shapes herald Post-Modernism.
Stern and Epstein even discussed a fanciful plan to take over the giant German lender Deutsche Bank with the help of Qatari investors, the emails suggest - which never came to fruition.
From BBC
"I'm optimistic enough, but I know that we have to work really hard so that optimism becomes a reality, not just a fanciful dream," he said.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
