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Recent Examples of whimsically
Maude & the Bear, located inside a storybook 1926 Montgomery Ward kit house in Staunton, Virginia, has been whimsically recreated as a modern restaurant and inn.
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Usa Today Network, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
The whimsically nostalgic Lenox Spice Village has experienced a resurgence in popularity in recent years as a new generation falls in love with the miniature porcelain Victorian houses.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 15 Jan. 2026
More whimsically, it's known for a friendship between a cheetah and Labrador retriever that had a social media moment.
—CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025
Built in 1891 and whimsically named The Barnacle because of its shape, the house is the oldest home in Miami-Dade County still standing on its original site on the bay.
—Susan B. Barnes, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2025
Huffman recently whimsically hinted at his enthusiasm about representing new territory.
—David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Usa Today Network, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
The whimsically nostalgic Lenox Spice Village has experienced a resurgence in popularity in recent years as a new generation falls in love with the miniature porcelain Victorian houses.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 15 Jan. 2026
More whimsically, it's known for a friendship between a cheetah and Labrador retriever that had a social media moment.
—CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025
Built in 1891 and whimsically named The Barnacle because of its shape, the house is the oldest home in Miami-Dade County still standing on its original site on the bay.
—Susan B. Barnes, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2025
Huffman recently whimsically hinted at his enthusiasm about representing new territory.
—David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whimsically
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Your 9th House of Learning awakens as an instinctive New Moon invites you to explore a class, your own philosophies, or (more casually) a potential vacation destination.—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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Amini was a soccer player on Iran’s national futsal team until 2017, when she was pictured casually playing soccer with some male friends in Switzerland – a crime, she was told by Iran’s governing regime.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
17 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The dollar amount was chosen arbitrarily based on what voters might accept, and some cynics saw it as a move by a pro-development commission to cozy up to environmentalists.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Mar. 2026
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That standard would uphold the NCAA’s interpretation of the waiver rule so long as the NCAA didn’t act arbitrarily or capriciously, either of which is difficult to show.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
27 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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That standard would uphold the NCAA’s interpretation of the waiver rule so long as the NCAA didn’t act arbitrarily or capriciously, either of which is difficult to show.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
27 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Children are not cars whose gas tanks can simply be carelessly overfilled.—
Lauren Arikan,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Mar. 2026
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For the visitors’ winner, Anthony Gordon unwisely attempted to dribble inside his own half and carelessly lost possession.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
2 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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It is known as Obamacare, but only informally.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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In fact, within weeks of taking the job, Franzen informally proposed building a tollway instead of a freeway that had been on the drawing board for 20 years.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The specks of light are small bombs, each carrying up to 11 pounds of explosives, which are released at high altitude from the head of the missile before raining down indiscriminately over a wide area.—
Jeremy Diamond,
CNN Money,
12 Mar. 2026
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Critics worldwide argue that cluster munitions kill or maim indiscriminately, with unexploded bomblets remaining dangerous long after their use.—
Melanie Lidman,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Sometimes, Academy Award-winning actress Sandra Bullock will offhandedly give you career advice.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
28 Nov. 2025
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The tragedy side of things is addressed rather offhandedly — occasionally the movie will remember the boggling grief and betrayal at its center, only to shrug it off again just as quickly.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Will Arnett appears in the last two episodes as an unorthodox — think Judd Hirsch in Ordinary People, only less Jewish — New York City shrink whose attractiveness everybody randomly comments on, almost-but-not-quite saving the urban portions of those episodes.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Mar. 2026
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Half were randomly assigned to eat a daily cup of mango and a daily cup of avocado, while the other half ate different foods that provided the same number of calories.—
Currie Engel,
Health,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Whimsically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whimsically. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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