fanciful

CEFRC1

/ˈfænsɪfl̩/

adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Based on imagination rather than reality.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Unreal or imagined.

Examples

  • His ideas are often fanciful, but they're always original.

  • Near-synonyms: conceptual, fancied, ideal, notional

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
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Citations
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Synonyms
4

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Imaginative or fantastic; ignoring reality.

More examples

In context

  • It was fanciful to suppose that all he had to do would be to stride into a top law firm and he would be hired on the spot.

  • Mr. Butler, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain,” treats his newest novelistic conceit as an occasion to toss every possible ingredient into a fanciful hellscape and then let these elements run wild.

Synonyms

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Origin

adjective

From fancy + -ful.