whimsically en · ADV
Etymology
Etymology tree English whimsy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English whimsical Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English whimsically From whimsical + -ly.
Meanings
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in a whimsical manner
"Now don't say that this is what you get for bringing a woman along," she said. She smiled at me whimsically, gloriously, and I knew there was no need for forgiveness.
1904, Jack London, chapter 30, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC:As they drew nearer she was whimsically struck by a kind of family likeness between Miss Van Osburgh and Percy Gryce.
1905, Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more whimsically | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most whimsically | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (8)
fi oikuttelevasti (in a whimsical manner) · tr acâipçe (in a whimsical manner) · de wunderlich (in a whimsical manner) · tr garipçe (in a whimsical manner) · sv besynnerlig (in a whimsical manner) · fi oikukkaasti (in a whimsical manner) · tr tuhafça (in a whimsical manner) · fi leikillisesti (in a whimsical manner)