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• chimerical — chimerically, adv. /ki mer i keuhl, mear , kuy /, adj. 1. unreal; imaginary; visionary: a chimerical terrestrial paradise. 2. wildly fanciful; highly unrealistic: a chimerical plan. Also, chimeric. [1630 40; CHIMER(A) + ICAL] Syn. 1. illusory,… …   Universalium

• chimerical — /kaɪˈmɛrɪkəl/ (say kuy merikuhl), /kə / (say kuh ) adjective 1. unreal; imaginary; visionary. 2. wildly fanciful. Also, chimeric. –chimerically, adverb …  

• chimerical — adjective 1. being or relating to or like a chimera his Utopia is not as chimeric commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists Douglas Bush • Syn: ↑chimeric, ↑chimeral • Pertains to noun: ↑Chimera (for: ↑chimeral) …   Useful english dictionary

• chi|mer´i|cal|ly — chi|mer|i|cal «kuh MEHR uh kuhl, ky ; MIHR », adjective. 1. unreal; imaginary: »Sir, this book…is a pretty essay…though much of it is chimerical (Samuel Johnson). SYNONYM(S): illusory, delusive. 2. wildly fanciful; absurd; impossibl …   Useful english dictionary

• chi|mer|i|cal — «kuh MEHR uh kuhl, ky ; MIHR », adjective. 1. unreal; imaginary: »Sir, this book…is a pretty essay…though much of it is chimerical (Samuel Johnson). SYNONYM(S): illusory, delusive. 2. wildly fanciful; absurd; impossibl …   Useful english dictionary

• wild — wildly, adv. wildness, n. /wuyld/, adj., wilder, wildest, adv., n. adj. 1. living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated: a wild animal; wild geese. 2. growing or produced without cultivation or the care of humans, as plants, flowers,… …   Universalium

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