whimsical

• The prose is simple and lovely, the subject matter both dark and whimsical (sometimes whimsically dark, other times darkly whimsical--you get the idea). —  F ;SF; - vol 104 issue 02 - February 2003
• Sterne's chosen province was the whimsical, and his great model was Rabelais. —  Brief History of English and American Literature
• There had been more singing by Mrs. Detlor. She ransacked her memory for half remembered melodies--whimsical, arcadian, sad--and Hagar sat watching her, outwardly quiet and appreciative, inwardly under an influence like none he had ever felt before. —  An Unpardonable Liar
• He had never had any kind of sympathy for the whimsical, and it is a manner that is apt to look inane and ridiculous under certain kinds of censure. —  The Jervaise Comedy
• It was just as if I saw her with that half-whimsical, half-reproachful expression in her eyes, holding up her finger at me. —  Mr. Crewe's Career — Complete

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