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
- 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
Words or expressions associated with your search
- amorous play
- baseball player
- be displayed
- bit player
- bonehead play
- by-play
- by plays
- by-plays
- byplay
- call into play
- call the play
- calling the play
- calls into play
- calls play
- carillon playing
- cassette player
- CD player
- CD players
- computer display
- defeated player
- display
- display program
- displaying
- displays
- fair play
- fireworks display
- foreplay
- games player
- give a play
- grandstand play
- Hail Mary play
- hail mary plays
- have to play catch up
- hookey player
- horseplay
- in play
- interplay
- key player
- key players
- level playing field
- long-playing record
- make a play for
- MP3 player
- neighborhood playhouse
- on display
- overplay
- overplayed
- photoplay
- play
- play a part
- play a waiting game
- play-actor
- play actor
- play against
- play around
- play at
- play ball
- play ball with
- play by ear
- play by play
- play down
- play fair
- play false
- play first fiddle
- play for
- play for time
- play games
- play games with
- play hooky
- play into
- play Judas
- play of fancy
- play on
- play second fiddle
- play the game
- play the market
- play the ponies
- play trick on
- play tricks
- play truant
- play up
- play up to
- play with fire
- playactor
- playboy
- played
- played out
- played-out
- player
- playful
- playfully
- playfulness
- playgoer
- playground
- playgroup
- playhouse
- playing
- playing area
- playing games
- playing it cool
- playing politics
- playing safe
- playing with fire
- playoff game
- playroom
- plaything
- playtime
- puppet play
- pyrotechnics display
- re played
- re playing
- replay
- roll over and play dead
- splay
- take out of play
- tape player
- team play
- team player
- team players
- utility player
- video display terminal
- video display unit
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