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| 1. | [ adjective ] indulging in or influenced by fancy | |
| Synonyms: | notional | |
| Examples: | "a fanciful mind" "all the notional vagaries of childhood" |
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| Related terms: | creative | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] not based on fact; dubious | |
| Synonyms: | imaginary imagined notional | |
| Examples: | "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt "a small child's imaginary friends" "her imagined fame" "to create a notional world for oneself" |
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| Related terms: | unreal | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] having a curiously intricate quality | |
| Examples: | "a fanciful pattern with intertwined vines and flowers" |
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| Related terms: | fancy | |
| Similar spelling: |
fancifully |
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