whimsically

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There is also a costume inspired by crinoline, the stiff or structured petticoat designed to hold out a skirt or tutu, but whimsically reimagined using neoprene.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

Instead, the Canadian Kuitenbrouwers wound up on a farm in Quebec where, Peter’s mother and stepfather whimsically decreed, they would thenceforth make maple syrup, what the author calls “the national lifeblood” of Canada.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

Welcoming visitors to the thatched-roof cottage she and her late husband bought soon after the war, she whimsically tweaks the ears of a mechanical horse named Dobin, making him whinny.

From Seattle Times • May 30, 2024

Opera case when German director and visual artist Achim Freyer dressed Wagner’s characters in whimsically surreal costumes and placed them somewhere beyond our known realm.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2024

Then she wrote the amount, whimsically added Yours in both sun and shade, and signed Lady Constance’s name with a flourish.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood