whimsical
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“I wanted the music to have a much more whimsical take, at times, than some of the darker cues in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’” she says.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
While much of the album feels appropriately bittersweet, McCartney finds plenty of time for whimsical diversions.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
Celebrities are arriving to the 2026 Met Gala with their take on this year's theme - Costume Art - where organisers asked attendees to experiment with the lavish and whimsical dress code.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
That’s the whimsical, charged appeal of the Charli XCX-starring “Erupcja,” a mélange of romance, escape and disruptive coincidence in modern Warsaw from American micro-auteur Pete Ohs.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
We might joke about looking “kempt” or being "couth," but in fact the negatives have no opposite forms—they’re either obsolete rarities or whimsical inventions.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
Vocabulary lists containing whimsical
Grade 10, List 5
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The Handmaid's Tale
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