fanciful
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Mr. Riley, the managing editor of the New Criterion, is the author of “The Bridges of Robert Adam: A Fanciful and Picturesque Tour.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
Fanciful water-diversion schemes have been around for half a century.
From Washington Post • Jun. 9, 2021
Fanciful produce like finger limes and loquats get halved and propped next to dried persimmon rounds.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2019
Fanciful myths about the breed abound, and some public officials have compared their bites to those of sharks and tigers.
From Salon • Feb. 5, 2013
Fanciful, metaphorical, or far-fetched interpretations are never applied to the words of a will.
From The Way of Salvation in the Lutheran Church by Rhodes, M. (Mosheim)
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