Hypertext Webster Gateway: "playfulness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Playful \Play"ful\, a.
Sportive; gamboling; frolicsome; indulging a sportive fancy;
humorous; merry; as, a playful child; a playful writer. --
{Play"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Play"ful*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
playfulness
n 1: a festive merry feeling [syn: {gaiety}]
2: a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement; "her
playfulness surprised me"; "he was fun to be with" [syn: {fun}]
3: activities that are enjoyable or amusing; "I do it for the
fun of it"; "he is fun to have around" [syn: {fun}, {merriment}]
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