Meaning & use
fantastical
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Existing only in the imagination; extraordinarily strange or fanciful.
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The children's book was filled with fantastical creatures like flying whales and talking trees.
Her fantastical explanation for being late involved a runaway goat and a broken bridge.
A note on using this word
Similar to 'fantastic,' but 'fantastical' more specifically emphasizes unreality or imaginative strangeness rather than simply meaning 'excellent.'
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