fantastical

fantastical
fantastical late 15c., from FANTASTIC (Cf. fantastic) + -AL (Cf. -al) (1). Related: Fantastically.

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  • fantastical — fantastic ► ADJECTIVE 1) imaginative or fanciful; remote from reality. 2) informal extraordinarily good or attractive. DERIVATIVES fantastical adjective fantastically adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • fantastical — adjective see fantastic I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • fantastical — adjective a) of or pertaining to fantasy b) fanciful or whimsical …   Wiktionary

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  • fantastical — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Appealing to fancy: fanciful, fancy, fantastic, imaginative, whimsical. See PLAIN. 2. Existing only in the imagination: chimeric, chimerical, conceptual, fanciful, fantastic, imaginary, notional, unreal,… …   English dictionary for students

  • fantastical — adj. imaginary, whimsical; strange, outlandish; unrealistic; extraordinary …   English contemporary dictionary

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