whimsically

/wˈɪmzɪkli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

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adv

""Now don't say that this is what you get for bringing a woman along," she said. She smiled at me whimsically, gloriously, and I knew there was no need for forgiveness."
"As they drew nearer she was whimsically struck by a kind of family likeness between Miss Van Osburgh and Percy Gryce."

Etymology tree English whimsy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English whimsical Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English whimsically From whimsical + -ly.

more whimsically (comparative) most whimsically (superlative)

unwhimsically

fancifully

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The recorded pronunciation is /wˈɪmzɪkli/.

What does whimsically mean?

in a whimsical manner

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