1. elaborate, decorative, or expensive
2. requiring skill or technique

1. a sudden desire or whim
2. imagination or fantasy

1. to have a desire for or attraction to
Usage: informal
2. to imagine or suppose

Examples

• She wore a fancy dress to the wedding.
• The restaurant serves fancy French cuisine.
• He performed some fancy footwork on the dance floor.
• I had a sudden fancy for chocolate ice cream.
• Her story was pure fancy, not based on facts.
• Do you fancy going to the movies tonight?
• I fancy she’ll be late as usual.
• The cake was decorated with fancy icing designs.