| a. | 1. | Full of fancy; guided by fancy, rather than by reason and experience; whimsical; |
| 2. | Conceived in the fancy; not consistent with facts or reason; abounding in ideal qualities or figures; | |
| 3. | Curiously shaped or constructed; |
| Adj. | 1. | fanciful - indulging in or influenced by fancy; "a fanciful mind"; "all the notional vagaries of childhood" Synonyms: notional |
| 2. | fanciful - not based on fact; dubious; "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt; "a small child's imaginary friends"; "her imagined fame"; "to create a notional world for oneself" | |
| 3. | fanciful - having a curiously intricate quality; "a fanciful pattern with intertwined vines and flowers" |