whimsically

1. 1.

   in a fanciful manner

   “the Christmas tree was fancifully decorated”

   Synonymsfancifully

Questions about whimsically

What does whimsically mean?

whimsically means "in a fanciful manner".

How many syllables are in whimsically?

whimsically has 3 syllables: whim-sical-ly. The stress falls on "whim". In IPA it is /ˈwɪmzɪkli/.

What is another word for whimsically?

Close synonyms include fancifully. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is whimsically a common word?

whimsically is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.