What does fancied mean?
Fancied means Existing only in the fancy (“imagination”); imaginary, imagined..
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/ˈfænsɪd/ · adjective
Existing only in the fancy (“imagination”); imaginary, imagined..
Near-synonyms: conceptual, fanciful, ideal, notional
The plant was named for its fancied resemblance to a Roman spear.
VVhy therefore may not the Angels that appeared to Lot, […] be underſtood of images of men, ſupernaturally formed in the Fancy; as vvell as before by Angel vvas underſtood a fancyed Voice?
That being depriv'd of all the fancy'd Felicity vvhich he enjoy'd, in the full Exerciſe of all thoſe Vices, he ſaid, he vvas at leiſure to look upon the dark Side of them, vvhere he found all manner of Deformity, and vvas novv convinc'd, that Virtue only makes a Man truly vviſe, rich and great, and preſerves him in the VVay to a ſuperior Happineſs in a future State.
Oh! if thou hover'ſt round my walk, / While, under ev'ry well-known tree, / I to thy fancy'd ſhadow talk, / And every tear is full of thee.
[S]till by the maid / Love went submiss, with eye more dangerous / Than fancied basilisk to wound whoe'er / Too bold approached, […]
Man does vvith dangerous Curioſity / Theſe unfathom'd VVonders try: / VVith fancy'd Rules and Arbitrary Lavvs / Matter and Motion he reſtrains, / And ſtudy'd Lines and fictious Circles dravvs; […]
Now St. Paul, "not willing to make" these ministers "a public example," concealeth their persons, yet discovereth the fault; and, making bold with his brethren, Apollos and Cephas, applieth to them and himself what the Corinthians spake of their fancied preachers. "Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I am of Apollos; and I am of Cephas; and I am of Christ."
Use fancied when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Fancied means Existing only in the fancy (“imagination”); imaginary, imagined..
Common synonyms include conceptual, fanciful, ideal, notional.
Possible antonyms include unfancied.
Near-synonyms: conceptual, fanciful, ideal, notional
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