Bahasa Melayu

airy

Bahasa Melayu

English

fantastical, dreamy, unrealistic

Describing something that is unreal, fanciful, or too dreamy to be practical.

Examples

Contoh ayat

  1. Cerita khayalan itu sangat sesuai untuk bacaan kanak-kanak.

    That imaginative story is very suitable for children’s reading.

  2. Dia memberi jawapan yang terlalu khayalan untuk situasi itu.

    He gave an answer that was too unrealistic for the situation.

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khayalan

It describes something unreal or fanciful.

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Historical MyKamus entry, originally published 30 September 2010.