From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfancifulfan‧ci‧ful /ˈfænsɪfəl/ adjective 1 IMAGINEimagined rather than based on facts – often used to show disapproval a fanciful story The suggestion that there was a conspiracy is not entirely fanciful.2 DECORATEfull of unusual and very detailed shapes or complicated designs fanciful decorations —fancifully adverb
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fanciful• I dismissed the rumors as fanciful.• The notion of some man on a white horse saving the party with a late candidacy is fanciful.• Makine is a good writer, poetic but never fanciful, and one who treats childhood reflected through experience with delicacy.• the fanciful horses on an old-fashioned merry-go-round• a fanciful idea• Having served on the Fed, I find this objection fanciful in the extreme.• The avatar can be a realistic depiction of the actual person or a completely fanciful one.• It fails because it is usually based on fanciful or distorted comparisons.• This is not just some fanciful theory. 