fanciful

(făn'sĭ-fəl)
adj.

1. Created in the fancy; unreal: a fanciful story.
2. Tending to indulge in fancy: a fanciful mind.
3. Showing invention or whimsy in design; imaginative. See synonyms at fantastic.

fancifully fan'ci·ful·ly adv.
fancifulness fan'ci·ful·ness n.

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adjective

1. Existing only in the imagination: chimeric, chimerical, conceptual, fantastic, fantastical, imaginary, notional, unreal, visionary. See real/imaginary.
2. Consisting or suggestive of fiction: fantastic, fantastical, fictional, fictitious, fictive, invented, made-up. See real/imaginary.
3. Appealing to fancy: fancy, fantastic, fantastical, imaginative, whimsical. See plain/fancy.

adj

Definition: imaginary, romantic
Antonyms: grave, ordinary, real, serious, sincere, unfanciful, unimaginative, unromantic

IN BRIEF: Not real; imaginary.

The story that was told was extremely fanciful and not at all believable.

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• Happy, Playful, Optimistic, or Elated

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fantasifuld, lunefuld, forunderlig

Nederlands (Dutch)
denkbeeldig, grillig, bizar

Français (French)
adj. - fantasque, capricieux, fantaisiste, chimérique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - phantastisch, reich verziert, wunderlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - φανταστικός, πλασματικός, παράξενος, ιδιόρρυθμος

Italiano (Italian)
immaginario, fantasioso, bizzarro, fantastico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - fantasioso, imaginativo

Русский (Russian)
капризный, прихотливый, причудливый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - imaginario, extravagante, fantástico, imaginativo, fantasioso, caprichoso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - fantasifull

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
奇怪的, 想像的, 稀奇的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 奇怪的, 想像的, 稀奇的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 기발한 , 공상의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 空想上の, 非現実的な, 奇抜な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) وهمي , خيالي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮דמיוני, מוזר, הוזה‬

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