Her playfulness surprised me. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
That kind of playfulness is part of my nature in general. From Wordnik.com. [Vitro Nasu » 2005 » November] Reference
This playfulness is often labeled as childishness. From Wordnik.com. [A PRIMER ON UNLEARNING CLASSISM] Reference
This sort of playfulness is what makes blogs fun. tomemos Says. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » The Consumer Surplus Decade] Reference
And at the center of this devout playfulness is a handsome, authoritative text for Stoker's original novel - so you get two books in one. From Wordnik.com. [3 books about Dracula] Reference
The new generation has an appearance called playfulness. From Wordnik.com. [Tibet Will Be Free] Reference
His playfulness was a delight that became too much for me to handle. From Wordnik.com. [John]
Elephants represent family, long life, strength and playfulness, which is why they serve as a mascot for Target House. From Wordnik.com. Reference
You have an extraordinarily strange definition for "playfulness". From Wordnik.com. [Another "Pro-Science" Enthusiast at Work] Reference
We toted around books by Jacques Derrida, and spoke of "playfulness" and "textuality.". From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Meritocracy] Reference
Characteristics such as playfulness, curiosity, displays of affection and social behavior. From Wordnik.com. [Dylan Kendall: Retreating Back to Our Inner Child] Reference
I think there really is a lot more openness to this kind of playfulness and exploration than there was when I was their age. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-06-01] Reference
There is a kind of playfulness in the sorrow, and the pity of a man for a child; pity that shows itself in a smile. From Wordnik.com. [Letters on Literature] Reference
Director Jan Haaken has structured Queens of Heart with the same kind of playfulness she observes in Darcelle and his club. From Wordnik.com. [Bright Lights After Dark] Reference
Thus the "playfulness" of markets fits with things we can literally "do without" or hold out for, i.e. demand is "elastic". From Wordnik.com. [Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed] Reference
Or, if you want to experience a wee bit of the kind of playfulness that the Irish ballad inspires, take a look at this YouTube video. From Wordnik.com. [SouthCoastToday.com Latest Headlines] Reference
Statistical playfulness, that is what. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-08-01] Reference
BOILEN: There was an almost unspoken playfulness between the two of them. From Wordnik.com. [Georgie James Builds 'Monument' In Two Days] Reference
We love their cuteness, their playfulness, their gentleness, their innocence. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Time Magazine's Bizarre Assault on Large Families] Reference
His beret, goatee and horn rims gave him an image; his playfulness won him an audience. From Wordnik.com. [Jazz's Last Hero Trumpeter] Reference
The morbidity of red ink is almost entirely lost on the playfulness of Snoopy stationary. From Wordnik.com. [Suicide Rough Drafts] Reference
It is not becoming thou shouldst use thy satire even in playfulness to such an one as I. '. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
With all this, there is a playfulness, a spontaneous gaiety, which dispels weariness or monotony. From Wordnik.com. [Women in the Life of Balzac] Reference
Learn to distinguish the sounds of the animal, as expressing alarm, surprise, anger, playfulness. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
Its a force and natural energy that comes from playfulness, freedom, self-expression and creativity. From Wordnik.com. [Jonathan Ellerby: Children Already Know] Reference
"Cryptonomicon" is his most ambitious, a Pynchon-esque tour de force with a David Foster Wallace playfulness. From Wordnik.com. [The Hacker Hemingway] Reference
"'Perhaps you would rather take it up yourself, eh?'" said her aunt, pinching her ears in malicious playfulness. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference
Such caring playfulness will reward you with dishes that are both familiar and exotic -- and deliciously satisfying. From Wordnik.com. [Bok Choy To The World] Reference
With his humor, playfulness and passion, John Lennon stood out for many fans from his fellow members of The Beatles. From Wordnik.com. ['In My Life': A John Lennon Tribute] Reference
The overall tone of the work seamlessly balances cartoony playfulness with an overarching sense of unease and disquiet. From Wordnik.com. [James Scarborough: "Prelude to an Apocalypse: Landscape in an Era of Diminished Expectations," Pedersen Projects] Reference
Because it's all playfulness with Pruitt and defiance and maybe a touch, just here and there, of not very complicated wit. From Wordnik.com. [Cat Weaver: Rob Pruitt: Pattern and Degradation - Gavin Brown's Enterprise & Maccarone Gallery 9/11-10/23] Reference
She repeated the game as the dog owners stood there watching curiously, and then smiled at the teen's playfulness with her pet. From Wordnik.com. [The Impossible Man - Ep.11: Best Friends] Reference
And Clarkson brings a sly playfulness to her therapist role that keeps us guessing: just maybe this doc is a bit pixilated herself. From Wordnik.com. [A Heartwarming Movie About a Plastic Sex Doll] Reference
(Soundbite of song, "I'm a Broken Heart") WAS: The lilting lyricism leavens the downbeat sentiment and all this froth and playfulness. From Wordnik.com. [The Bird and the Bee, Getting Buzz] Reference
Children nurse passions as strong as ours, but so much interrupted by playfulness that it is impossible to measure their exact strength. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
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