Meanings
nounplayfulness (usually uncountable, plural playfulnesses)
plural playfulnesses
- uncountableusuallyThe quality of being playful.
Jones’ sad eyes betray a pervasive pain his purposefully spare dialogue only hints at, while the perfectly cast Brolin conveys hints of playfulness and warmth while staying true to the craggy stoicism at the character’s core.
2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2013
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Czech hravost
- hravostquality of being playful
Dutch speelsheid
- speelsheidquality of being playful
Esperanto ludeco
- ludecoquality of being playful
Latvian draiskums, draiskulība
- draiskumsquality of being playful
- draiskulībaquality of being playful
Swedish lekfullhet
- lekfullhetquality of being playful
Welsh chwareüsrwydd, chwaraegarwch
- chwareüsrwyddquality of being playful
- chwaraegarwchquality of being playful
Yiddish שפּילעוודיקײַט
- שפּילעוודיקײַט (shpilevdikayt)quality of being playful
Cite this entry
APA
playfulness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/playfulness
MLA
“playfulness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/playfulness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “playfulness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/playfulness.
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