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Comparative for existing only in the realms of one's imagination
“But he got along with almost no one, and he was intent on using the office of commanding general to advance his fanciful ambitions for the White House.”
Comparative for involving imagination or daydreaming
“For even the book that is read through and closed, to a fanciful boy, will still furnish new entertainment.”
Comparative for untrue or hard to believe, typically made up
“I also wrote a fanciful story about aliens taking over the university and programming the administration to start calling things by names that didn't make any sense.”
Comparative for highly ornamental or imaginative in design
“Otranto was written in his Strawberry Hill retreat, his fanciful Gothic castle that he built.”
Comparative for rather strange, bizarre or absurd in nature
“So, while I agree with Edwards that the Times story was an absurd and fanciful tale, there's no reason for him to get huffy or defensive about it.”
Comparative for not realistic on a practical level
Comparative for playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way
Comparative for not based on sound reasoning or judgment
Comparative for funny and clever
Comparative for symbolic or metaphorical in nature
Comparative for sophisticated in a way that is intended to impress
Comparative for of or relating to a cabal
Comparative for large, ambitious, or impressive in scope or scale
Comparative for ambitious or difficult to achieve
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