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playfulness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun playfulness has 3 senses
- playfulness(n = noun.feeling) gaiety - a festive merry feeling; Array is a kind of levity
- playfulness(n = noun.attribute) fun - a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement; "her playfulness surprised me"; "he was fun to be with" is a kind of frivolity, frivolousness
- playfulness(n = noun.act) fun, merriment - activities that are enjoyable or amusing; "I do it for the fun of it"; "he is fun to have around" is a kind of diversion, recreation
Derived form adjective playful1
has particulars: facetiousness, archness, impertinence, perkiness, pertness, sauciness, friskiness, frolicsomeness, sportiveness, impishness, mischievousness, puckishness, whimsicality, humor, humour, sense of humor, sense of humour
THESAURUS
playfulness
animal spirits, animation, capersomeness, coltishness, devilishness, devilment, devilry, deviltry, elan, elfishness, esprit, exuberance, flippancy, foolishness, friskiness, frivolity, frolicsomeness, gaiety, gamesomeness, gayness, gusto, heartiness, high spirits, impishness, levity, life, liveliness, merriment, mischief, mischievousness, piss and vinegar, prankishness, pranksomeness, puckishness, roguery, roguishness, rollicksomeness, rompishness, scampishness, skittishness, spirit, spiritedness, spirits, sportiveness, sprightliness, trickery, trickiness, verve, vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity, waggery, waggishness, youthful spirits, zest, zestfulness, zip
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