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whimsicality

[hwim-zi-kal-i-tee, wim-] / ˌʰwɪm zɪˈkæl ɪ ti, ˌwɪm- /








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Kéré’s projects are not only utilitarian; they can also have a whimsicality and a serenity.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2022

It’s the difference between a real bookstore and one that smells like potpourri, and between wit and whimsicality.

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2021

Michetti’s production, incorporating Sara Ryung Clement’s abstract set design of metal scaffolding, projects onto the harsh narrative backdrop a Mary Zimmerman-esque whimsicality.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2016

Mabey puts our obsession down to its whimsicality.

From The Guardian • Mar. 8, 2013

The very fact of Hearn's comparison between the art of Praxiteles and Phidias, and the grotesque whimsicality of Japanese imaginings, shows that he had not grasped the dignity and breadth of Greek culture.

From Lafcadio Hearn by Kennard, Nina H.




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