I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
It was not her fault, but the flightiness and whimsicality of. From Wordnik.com. [Tropic Days] Reference
His humor and whimsicality, though much less potent, were yet influential. From Wordnik.com. [Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century] Reference
Delilah lost her whimsicality and stared down Ed Seitz with fire in her eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Death of James A. Garfield « A Fly in Amber] Reference
With this is mingled the feeling of Andersen's delicate whimsicality of style. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
Drollery, whimsicality, the kind of humour that borders on the fantastic, was my line. From Wordnik.com. [Surprised by Joy]
The local example of the whimsicality of Nature owes its excellence to absolute purity. From Wordnik.com. [Tropic Days] Reference
“Organized, calculated, efficient, but with room for individuality and whimsicality”?. From Wordnik.com. [This House Turns and Returns, Too] Reference
Many of us who understand the whimsicality of history believe change CAN come from the top. From Wordnik.com. [A Progressive Interview with Matt Gonzalez] Reference
He was tall and humorous, with horned-rimmed glasses and an air of attractive whimsicality. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Jazz Age] Reference
The eccentricity and whimsicality of the book contributed greatly to its immediate popularity. From Wordnik.com. [A History of English Prose Fiction] Reference
It was a winsome, old-timey sort of play, with an almost Barriesque charm and whimsicality to it. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Wings A Romance of Youth] Reference
And thus ended a colloquy, wherein is mingled much good sense, useful advice, and whimsicality. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 341, November 15, 1828] Reference
There are points of obscurity, and one or two of positive and even regrettable whimsicality, about. From Wordnik.com. [Henrik Ibsen] Reference
And again, on page 83, he breaks off into attempted frivolity and Yorick whimsicality of narration. From Wordnik.com. [Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century] Reference
"Let's go and get married," he urged, all the whimsicality of his utterance duplicated in his eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter XXII] Reference
Elfreda's soothing tones were a trifle unsteady, as she added in tender whimsicality, "I could see.". From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer] Reference
I sat listening in silence, marvelling at the versatility and whimsicality of the passions of mankind. From Wordnik.com. [The Insulted and the Injured] Reference
It was all brought on by his impracticability, his whimsicality, his eccentricity, and his punctiliousness. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady of the Ice A Novel] Reference
Now, back to your regularly scheduled whimsicality: I wish I had the balls to make that and convince someone to buy it!. From Wordnik.com. [Regretsy – Holy Matrimugly] Reference
I was about to respond to this whimsicality when a pale face some seven feet high blocked the narrow mountain path ahead. From Wordnik.com. [The Skrayling Tree]
Phil was no prig and he found that McCorquodale was a pretty good sort with a certain whimsicality that was not to be denied. From Wordnik.com. [Every Man for Himself] Reference
Then she was positive that his face was too stiffly sober, but she ignored it -- ignored, too, the tinge of whimsicality in his voice. From Wordnik.com. [Then I'll Come Back to You] Reference
Teutonic way to adopt his whimsicality, shorn now of sentimentalism, and to build success for their wares on remembrance of a defaced idol. From Wordnik.com. [Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century] Reference
They are played upon by every whimsicality of circumstance; their own character makes no difference at all in the world in which they live. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
The light whimsicality of the man's mood amused her. From Wordnik.com. [The Gold Girl] Reference
From first to last his whimsicality never deserted him. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Lights] Reference
He saw her smile faintly at that whimsicality, and at once went on. From Wordnik.com. [The Forsyte Saga - Complete] Reference
For a moment the whimsicality of it interrupted the current of his feeling. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner] Reference
Depressed and intent as he was, the whimsicality of the situation struck him. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner] Reference
Jolyon had looked at her, and the sad whimsicality of his face impressed her deeply. From Wordnik.com. [The Forsyte Saga - Complete] Reference
"I don't think so," she replied, with a splutter of mirth, wondering what whimsicality was coming next. From Wordnik.com. [The Sign of the Spider] Reference
The charm of these essays is a frank note of autobiography tempered by a kindly humor and whimsicality peculiar to Lamb. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three)] Reference
This unfortunate position offering too great a licence to mere whimsicality, was felt in ancient as well as in modern times. From Wordnik.com. [Rambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old Places Being Papers on Art, in Relation to Archaeology, Painting, Art-Decoration, and Art-Manufacture] Reference
In his compositions in Grieg-ton Smith has seized the fascinating looseness of the Griegorian tonality and its whimsicality. From Wordnik.com. [Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions] Reference
She gazed at him, and mused on his affection and his whimsicality, and what the two would lead to in connection with her fate. From Wordnik.com. [The Folly Of Eustace 1896] Reference
"I've got to keep moving or I'll freeze solid," she told herself practically, and added between her set teeth with a grim whimsicality. From Wordnik.com. [The Fighting Shepherdess] Reference
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