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Subject to be governed by humor or caprice; irregular; capricious; whimsical. Hawthorne. Rough as a storm and humorous as the wind. Dryden.

Capriciously; whimsically. We resolve rashly, sillily, or humorously. Calamy.

Moody; whimsical; capricious. Hawthorne. The commons do not abet humorsome, factious arms. Burke.

The art, or trade, of a joiner; the work of a joiner. A piece of joinery . . . whimsically dovetailed. Burke.

Absent-minded; dazed; muddled; stupid. The whole company stared at me with a whimsical, muzzy look, like men whose senses were a little obfuscated by beer rather then wine. W. Irving.

Existing in idea only; visionary; whimsical. Discourses of speculative and notional things. Evelyn.

Curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic; singular; unusual; as, quaint architecture; a quaint expression. Some stroke of quaint yet simple pleasantry. Macaulay. An old, long-faced, long-bodied servant in quaint livery. W. Irving.

usual or normal; differing in some odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular; strange; whimsical; as, a queer story or act. " A queer look." W. Irving.

Departing from general usage or expectations; odd; whimsical; -- often implying disapproval or consure. His zeal None seconded, as out of season judged, Or singular and rash. Milton. To be singular in anything that is wise and worthy, is not a disparagement, but a praise. Tillotson.

soon see a river winding through woods or in meadows, as when it is tossed up in so many whimsical figures at Versailles. Addison. As soon as, or So soon as, imediately at or after another event. "As soon as he came nigh unto the camp . . . he saw the calf, and the dancing." Ex. xxxii. 19. See So . . . as, under So.…

Given to, or characterized by, vagaries; capricious; whimsical; crochety.

Hence, a wandering of the thoughts; a wild or fanciful freak; a whim; a whimsical purpose. "The vagaries of a child." Spectator. They changed their minds, Flew off, and into strange vagaries fell. Milton.

Unreal; unsubstantial; vain; whimsical. Such vaporous speculations were inevitable. Carlyle.

To be subject to, or indulge in, whims; to be whimsical, giddy, or freakish. [R.] Congreve.

Full of whims; whimsical. The study of Rabbinical literature either finds a man whimmy or makes him so. Coleridge.

A whimsical thing; an odd device; a trifle; a trinket; a gimcrack. [R.] They'll pull ye all to pieces for your whimwhams. Bear. & Fl.