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chimerical
/ kɪ-; kaɪˈmɛrɪkəl; kaɪˈmɛrɪk /
adjective
- wildly fanciful; imaginary
- given to or indulging in fantasies
Derived Forms
- chiˈmerically, adverb
- chiˈmericalness, noun
Other Words From
- chi·mer·i·cal·ly adverb
- non·chi·mer·ic adjective
- non·chi·mer·i·cal adjective
- non·chi·mer·i·cal·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of chimerical1
Example Sentences
Sharply vivid rather than suggestively chimerical, the scenes and dances had a trim, finely honed character.
Claims made for the abilities or perils of AI chatbots have often turned out to be mistaken or chimerical.
Which is to say, this was a precious, anticipated, frankly anxious affair — the materialization of a beloved and mercurial performer moving from the chimerical to the literal.
Ms. Mori’s creations look like chimerical species — hybrids of barnacles and cumulus clouds, a baobab and a weeping willow, a waterlily and fiddlehead ferns, sea urchin spines and a swarm of starlings.
The chimerical enemy is firmly within humanity, not as an abstraction of human nature but in real human form.
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