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Fancifully illustrated by "Eloise" artist Hilary Knight, "The I Hate to Cook Book" sold three million copies.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2020

Fancifully enough, they envisaged Beijing "repossessing" an America that had defaulted on its huge Sino debt.

From The Guardian • Mar. 11, 2013

Fancifully she thought of his daring job as something still verging on the super-human; after all, these flying lads, with their freedom of one element more, are the half-gods of our time.

From The Disturbing Charm by Ruck, Berta

Fancifully I imagined that its dark shape resembled the outline of a man—say, perhaps, the figure of Destiny—walking down the sparkling pathway towards us.

From Tell England A Study in a Generation by Raymond, Ernest

Fancifully but rather neatly painted, and with a stable to match, it looked like an exotic.

From A Florida Sketch-Book by Torrey, Bradford