Meanings
adverbunwhimsically (comparative more unwhimsically, superlative most unwhimsically)
comparative more unwhimsically · superlative most unwhimsically
- Not whimsically; seriously, soberly.
Translated by Sam Taylor and unwhimsically retitled "Adèle," it landed here a few years after “The Perfect Nanny,” to a lesser reception.
2025 July 26, Leah Greenblatt, “2 Novels for Double Lives”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2025
Origin
From un- + whimsically or unwhimsical + -ly.
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unwhimsically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwhimsically
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Chicago
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