Thesaurus / whimsical
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How positively whimsical it would be to stand shoulder to shoulder, hovering over sneeze guards, sharing soup ladles to scoop an odd assortment of pudding, three grapes, a heap of rotini pasta, and a drumstick onto a plate.
FAST-FOOD BUFFETS ARE A THING OF THE PAST. SOME DOUBT THEY EVER EVEN EXISTED.MM CARRIGANSEPTEMBER 29, 2020EATERHe then set out to gut and renovate the ground floor to establish an operation every bit as utilitarian as the rest of the office was whimsical.
MAGIC LEAP TRIED TO CREATE AN ALTERNATE REALITY. ITS FOUNDER WAS ALREADY IN ONEVERNE KOPYTOFFSEPTEMBER 26, 2020FORTUNEVdL’s invocation of the Bauhaus might seem a little whimsical at a time when Europe is facing the double whammy of a pandemic and a climate emergency, but it does make quite a bit of sense.
EUROPE’S LEADERS WANT TO CREATE A ‘NEW BAUHAUS’ AS PART OF ITS GREEN DEAL. BUT WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?DAVID MEYERSEPTEMBER 16, 2020FORTUNEJust around the corner is the more pocket-friendly 99-room MoMo’s, a more whimsical hotel concept that called on the talents behind Sydney’s Akin Atelier for its interior decor.
PRE-PANDEMIC, KUALA LUMPUR’S HOSPITALITY SCENE WAS HEATING UP WITH NEW DESIGN-FORWARD BOUTIQUE HOTELSRACHEL KINGSEPTEMBER 5, 2020FORTUNEHe has emerged as one of Amazon’s highest-profile executives, taking to his Twitter to post whimsical videos like delivery drivers dancing, or to defend the company’s reputation from news stories critical of Amazon’s practices.
AMAZON HAS TAPPED DAVE CLARK AS CHIEF OF ITS RETAIL BUSINESSRACHEL SCHALLOMAUGUST 21, 2020FORTUNEFor a moment there was no consciousness in their gaze; then a whimsical ghost of a smile crept about his mouth.
UNCANNY TALESVARIOUSIda thought it was, but the quiet confidence behind his whimsical manner appealed to her.
THE GOLD TRAILHAROLD BINDLOSSWeston was a little leaner, and his face was grimmer than it had been, for the whimsical carelessness had faded out of it.
THE GOLD TRAILHAROLD BINDLOSSAn instance of oaths being subjected to the like whimsical conditions is noticeable in the domestic manners of Old Germany.
A CURSORY HISTORY OF SWEARINGJULIAN SHARMANThere was a whimsical smile on his lips, but his eyes were wonderfully tender.
THE SUNBRIDGE GIRLS AT SIX STAR RANCHELEANOR H. (ELEANOR HODGMAN) PORTERWORDS RELATED TO WHIMSICAL
- abstracted
- astral
- chimerical
- daydreaming
- excellent
- fanciful
- fantastic
- idealistic
- imaginary
- immaterial
- impractical
- intangible
- introspective
- introvertive
- lulling
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- out of this world
- pensive
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- phantasmagorical
- preoccupied
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- relaxing
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- soothing
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- whimsical
- amusing
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- jesting
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- joshing
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- merry
- not serious
- playful
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- pulling one's leg
- punning
- putting one on
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- satirical
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- castles in the air
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- fictive
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- on cloud nine
- pie in the sky
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- hallucinatory
- illusive
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- incredible
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- weird
- whimsical
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