Imaginative, a.
Etymology: [F. imaginatif.]
1. Proceeding from, and characterized by, the imagination, generally in the highest sense of the word. In all the higher departments of imaginative art, nature still constitues an important element. Mure.
2. Given to imagining; full of images, fancies, etc.; having a quick imagination; conceptive; creative. Milton had a highly imaginative, Cowley a very fanciful mind. Coleridge.
3. Unreasonably suspicious; jealous. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Im*ag"i*na*tive*ly, adv. -- Im*ag"i*na*tive*ness, n.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for imaginative; he lists it under fanciful.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.