whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

He had a whimsy about flying to the moon.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

It is the very definition of a “race to the bottom,” at what I call a whimsy economy.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Chink In Android’s Armor] Reference

Perhaps it will not drown me in whimsy upon a second viewing.    From Wordnik.com.  [GreenCine Daily: Rendez-Vous. 12.] Reference

My sense of whimsy is too powerful to write dark novels book after book.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kristine Kathryn Rusch » Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Goals and Dreams] Reference

In my own work, I'm not satisfied unless the whimsy is balanced with horror and vice versa.    From Wordnik.com.  [MIND MELD: The Best Genre Crossovers] Reference

But whimsy is not exactly a postmodern mode, and in Chronic City it betrays a certain aesthetic timidity.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Reading Experience] Reference

(link) "Aggressive whimsy" is just the term, and it nearly put me off for good.    From Wordnik.com.  [mrissa: Books read, early April] Reference

But there was another problem apart from all the whimsy, which is that the audience didn't have a very clear rooting interest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-08-01] Reference

A sense of whimsy is first and foremost.    From Wordnik.com.  [Book Review: Seymour : Scrubbles.net] Reference

I thought that it was great that he could bring that kind of whimsy to such a serious job.    From Wordnik.com.  [The interpretation of carpeting.] Reference

Her "whimsy" cakes were the beginning of this new trend in cake decorating and unfortunately she seems to have gotten lost in obscurity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Defying Gravity] Reference

"We make it kind of whimsy and kind of different," Amos said.    From Wordnik.com.  [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference

The "whimsy" of this show is so forced that it makes me pine for the antics of Jar Jar Binks.    From Wordnik.com.  [starwars.com Blogs] Reference

Voters make decisions based either on "whimsy" or on the basis of the faction which they support.    From Wordnik.com.  [TrinidadExpress Today's News] Reference

An estimable woman she was, says one old chronicler, save for this "whimsy" of hers, that she would keep the seventh day.    From Wordnik.com.  [Our Day In the Light of Prophecy] Reference

This view gives you access to the extra whimsy on offer.    From Wordnik.com.  [County cricket - as it happened!] Reference

As you can see, Tim Burton's "Big Fish" has a high whimsy quotient.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reeling In A 'Fish'] Reference

McBride's whimsy notwithstanding, his decision is increasingly common.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tattoos: Branded With a Brand] Reference

The whimsy and confusion might have been penned by Gogol or Voinovich.    From Wordnik.com.  [Soviet Airhead Defense] Reference

She had this whimsy, but at the same time, there was a very deep passion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chanteuse Blossom Dearie Dies At 82] Reference

They also seem to have rejected whimsy, bright colors and obvious sexuality.    From Wordnik.com.  [Night Of The Living Dead] Reference

Cloudy ThinkingTo most of us, clouds are things of drama, romance and whimsy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Traveling Sharks] Reference

Like Zappa, Phish delights in razor's-edge tightness and child's-play whimsy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Go Phish] Reference

"I showed some whimsy, but mostly I was overwhelmed," is Costas's self-critique.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anchor To The World] Reference

Swerving from viciousness to whimsy to dubious feminist fable, "Nurse Betty" doesn't jell.    From Wordnik.com.  [Goin' To California In Her Mind] Reference

There is no question that a lot of the meetings have a good amount of laughter and whimsy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Leading the Way] Reference

And Bryson's leaden whimsy and faux-conversational tone make him an intensely annoying Virgil.    From Wordnik.com.  [Did Someone Say No Worries?] Reference

If you're at any of these games keep us posted below the line, either through facts or whimsy.    From Wordnik.com.  [County cricket - live!] Reference

But he was perhaps best known for his whimsy: he hid the name of his daughter in every drawing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Final Bows] Reference

But they say they're supportive of Hussey, while chuckling quietly at the whimsy of his venture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nat Hussey: Maine Lobsterman Pulls Traps By Hand For 'Zero-Carbon Lobster Harvesting'] Reference

The most inventive designers imbue their wares with personal stamps of whimsy, wit, or grandeur.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sitting Pretty] Reference

It wasn't simply the beauty of their design and the whimsy of their appearance that captivated me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cathleen Falsani: God Nods: Girl With the Dragonfly Tattoo] Reference

The blend of contemporary design with baroque and whimsy results in an overall Alice-in-Wonderland effect.    From Wordnik.com.  [Susan Orlins: Worrywart's 8 Stress-Reducing Things to Do in Beijing] Reference

By the way it was good to see plenty of new whimsy below the line on last Thursday's blog over the weekend.    From Wordnik.com.  [County cricket - live!] Reference

She wants to move forward, antennae up, receptive to whimsy, secure in her ability to manage the unforeseen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coffeehouse Stories: A splash of reality on the Hill] Reference

And the whimsy of Parry's delusions is tempered with pain-he's retreated into fantasy from the horror of his life.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Holy Grail In The Unholy City] Reference

So simple, so useful — utilitarian even - with that touch of whimsy that comes with anything modeled after a necklace.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lanyards] Reference

She particularly identified with the candid whimsy of Henri Cartier-Bresson and his playful shots of skipping Europeans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Camera Obscura] Reference