NOUN
- the trait of behaving like an imp
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the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory
How To Use whimsicality In A Sentence
- It's the profound whimsicality that troubles me. Times, Sunday Times
- She retains the curve to suggest, in combination with her bird-like gaze, a charming whimsicality.
- Turning to painting in 1907, Feininger began to experiment with formal qualities, namely perspective, while infusing his genre scenes with the same intangible whimsicality evoked in his commercial work dating back to the turn of the century. Alexander Adler: Lyonel Feininger: At The Edge of The World
- The whimsicality may not be to everyone's taste. Times, Sunday Times
- It's about time somebody brought some whimsicality to the discipline. Times, Sunday Times
- The poem foregrounds the elicitation of knowledge, yet dazzles and frustrates with its whimsicality rather than instructs. The Times Literary Supplement
- Each work mixes craftsmanship with a whimsicality that will continue to have wide appeal. Times, Sunday Times
- The early 1980s saw the most despotic assertion of rock-star whimsicality. Times, Sunday Times
- His collection combines luxury, whimsicality and wearability, all guided by his designer's instinct.
- Multiple realities and morphing characters can be a fruitful release from normal narrative, but they also release you from discipline, leaving the author prey to whimsicality and stray associations.
