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How to pronounce fanciful in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms notional


a fanciful mind.
Type Words
Synonyms imaginary, notional


the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties.
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a fanciful pattern with intertwined vines and flowers.

Examples of fanciful

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Rumours that China will ride to the rescue of struggling countries are fanciful.
From the economist.com
It is open to more colorful interpretation, and thus more fanciful exaggeration.
From the stltoday.com
That wacky uncle whose fanciful tales come true for his amazed niece and nephew?
From the orlandosentinel.com
Like Dorothy and her band of fanciful friends, technologists at the Warner Bros.
From the sltrib.com
It's a fanciful take on ice cream sandwiches, and the secret is in the meringue.
From the tennessean.com
If the plan is to offer the banks a brief shelter in a storm, it looks fanciful.
From the economist.com
Though her pieces have a fanciful quality, a lot of hard work goes into each one.
From the thenewstribune.com
Palansky's backdrops create a whimsical tone that complements the fanciful story.
From the philly.com
She's not the only one to see real-world relevance in Grote's fanciful universes.
From the washingtonpost.com
More examples
  • Indulging in or influenced by fancy; "a fanciful mind"; "all the notional vagaries of childhood"
  • Not based on fact; unreal; "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt; "a small child's imaginary friends"; "to create a notional world for oneself"
  • Having a curiously intricate quality; "a fanciful pattern with intertwined vines and flowers"
  • (fancifully) in a fanciful manner; "the Christmas tree was fancifully decorated"
  • Trademark distinctiveness is an important concept in the law governing trademarks and service marks. A trademark may be eligible for registration, or registrable, if amongst other things it performs the essential trademark function, and has distinctive character. ...
  • The Fanciful is the first full-length studio album released by Dead and Divine. It was released on March 18, 2008. The video for "Like Wolves" was released in 2008. The CD states the meaning of Fanciful.
  • Imaginative or fantastic; unreal or imagined
  • (adj) - whimsical, visionary