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Meanings of fancy in English
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inclinació Spanish
gusto Synonyms
Examples for "fondness"
Examples for "fondness"
1
Henry engenders great respect, but people view Willie by excitement and fondness.
2
Director James Houston also has a fondness for Cold War era technology.
3
Brownie's never mentioned a particular fondness for such folly in the past.
4
Given my fondness for you, I prefer to embrace the second theory.
5
He also has a fondness for the small and least used ones.
1
To correct our self-partiality and self-deceit is the use of general rules.
2
The love to the whole is not extinguished by this subordinate partiality.
3
He'd give her that and more if she had a true partiality.
4
As for her partiality for liqueurs, he regarded this as quite natural.
5
One of the reasons for this partiality is not hard to discover.
Usage of fancy in English
1
They are trained, trained not in fancy debate, but in practical discussion.
2
Instead, they are free to prosecute their ambitious agenda however they fancy.
3
Why government ministers need super fancy cars is also a bit baffling.
4
Good tinned tuna is fine if you don't fancy the preserving process.
5
It's much more than just fancy version of existing active safety technology.
6
Her virgin fancy demands the Tennysonian ideal, the grave and knightly Arthur.
7
In art, fancy is the faculty of transforming the idea into reality.
8
There was allurement in the suggestion; travel had always tempted his fancy.
9
Here's the stock image of The Student - young, liberal and fancy-free.
10
Having brought a fancy new juicer with me, I sensed an opportunity.
11
Harv said in the dopey voice he affected whenever Nell talked fancy.
12
It is nevertheless misleading; it is the illusion of an idle fancy.
13
It was no longer a passing fancy; he was downright in love.
14
Isengard has proved less strong than your hope and fancy made it.
15
I saw my hand grope her fancy boots-toofar below me suddenly.
16
Although, Young did not fancy creditors chances of getting back their money.
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Fancy across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Australia
Common
South Africa
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