Synonyms for playfulness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : pley-fuh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpleɪ fəl


Définition of playfulness

Origin :
  • mid-13c., from play (v.) + -ful. Related: Playfully; playfulness.
  • noun high-spirited state
Example sentences :
  • I am playful; playfulness is a part of my amiable character.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • There was a playfulness about her nips and a gentleness that prevented them from really hurting him.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • He was a quick-tempered gentleman, and my playfulness offended him.
  • Extract from : « The Suitors of Yvonne » by Raphael Sabatini
  • It may have been playfulness, yet the girl jumped up as if she had been stung by a wasp.
  • Extract from : « Notes on My Books » by Joseph Conrad
  • The very courtesy of his manner, the flavour of playfulness in the voice set him apart.
  • Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad
  • You would ask why my husbands are the only victims of my playfulness?
  • Extract from : « A Romance of the West Indies » by Eugne Sue
  • He said you had the playfulness of a lamb without its selfishness.
  • Extract from : « Hortus Inclusus » by John Ruskin
  • No playfulness here, but a stout reckoning with austere beauty.
  • Extract from : « Adventures in the Arts » by Marsden Hartley
  • And of that character, as I have said, the final note is playfulness.
  • Extract from : « New Italian sketches » by John Addington Symonds
  • "I wonder who lives in the castle," she responded to his mood of playfulness.
  • Extract from : « From the Car Behind » by Eleanor M. Ingram

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