Definitions for fanciful

fanciful fan·ci·ful

Spelling: [fan-si-fuh l]
IPA: /ˈfæn sɪ fəl/

Fanciful is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 165 anagrams from letters in fanciful (acffilnu).

Definitions for fanciful

adjective

  1. characterized by or showing fancy; capricious or whimsical in appearance:
  2. suggested by fancy; imaginary; unreal:
  3. led by fancy rather than by reason and experience; whimsical:

Origin of fanciful

First recorded in 1620-30; fancy + -ful

Examples for fanciful

He found, when he looked up, that this sensation was not a fanciful one.

He did not like to offer her money, but a pretty, fanciful idea occurred to him.

The thing was incomprehensible to Tip, and altogether a fanciful notion.

But such primitive and fanciful ideas are just the skin on top of hot milk.

We must separate the fanciful from the real, or at least make the one subservient to the other.

The fable is fanciful and pleasing in itself; but will it not hereafter be believed as reality?

I was afraid to tell my story directly, wanted to couch it in a fanciful (and imitative) yarn of sex and intrigue.

The characters struck me as fanciful, and the plot was contrived.

Expect some fanciful linguistic contortions when asked whether or not this is, in fact, a “coup?”

The fanciful assertion that nation states lessen it is unlikely to convince a Russian or Chinese dissident, or Tibetan.

Word Value for fanciful
Scrable

16

Words with friends

20

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