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Meanings of whimsical way in English

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Usage of whimsical way in English
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Jack looked at him in a whimsical way and shook his head.
The Banner Boy Scouts; or, The Struggle for Leadership
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She smiled into his eager face in a gentle, whimsical way.
The Victim: A Romance of the Real Jefferson Davis
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I adore the whimsical way the Irish have, and I like their sense of humor.
Patchwork: A Story of 'The Plain People'
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The managing editor smiled in his whimsical way.
The Vision Splendid
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She made the experiment without waiting the week, amused at his whimsical way of putting it.
Ridgway of Montana (Story of To-Day, in Which the Hero Is Also t...
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He smiled in quite his own whimsical way.
The Twenty-Fourth of June: Midsummer's Day
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It didn't help matters that Cranston, in his conservative, whimsical way, should counsel silence and patience.
Under Fire
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As she rose to go she turned to me with the whimsical way she had, and said:
The Sea-Wolf
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She says, in her whimsical way, that it needs another villain to account properly for Mr. Man's expression.
Marm Lisa
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For half an hour he talked to her, in his whimsical way, of foreign things, till she was quieted.
The Spoilers
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You may well smile-forVerisschenzko had raised his eyebrows in a whimsical way-thisdid sound such a highly coloured incident!
The Price of Things
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He lifted one of the white mice in the palm of his hand, and spoke to it in his whimsical way.
The Woman in White
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Meanwhile Malcolm was saying to himself in his whimsical way, It is my destiny-isit not written in the book of fate?
Herb of Grace
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Yesterday he said to me, shaking his head in a whimsical way, "But no treason, mademoiselle, and no heresy or schism."
The Seats of the Mighty, Volume 2
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What had Benis meant when he had said, in that whimsical way of his, "Well, my dear, it is your idea"?
The Window-Gazer
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Quite unruffled, Mac leaned his chin in both hands, regarding them with a meditative eye as he answered in his whimsical way: Why not?
Rose in Bloom / A Sequel to "Eight Cousins"
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