"fanciful" in the adjective sense
1. fanciful, notional
indulging in or influenced by fancy
"a fanciful mind"
"all the notional vagaries of childhood"
2. fanciful, imaginary, notional
not based on fact existing only in the imagination
"the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt
"a small child's imaginary friends"
"to create a notional world for oneself"
3. fanciful
having a curiously intricate quality
"a fanciful pattern with intertwined vines and flowers"
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