Definition of playfulness in English:
playfulness
noun ˈpleɪf(ə)lnəsˈpleɪfʊlnəsˈpleɪfəlnəs
mass nounThe quality of being light-hearted or full of fun.
images of childlike innocence and playfulness
her work displays a playfulness and sense of humour
Example sentencesExamples
- A tornado of energy, she pushes a vision that varies from minimalist, quasi-architectural purity to funky playfulness.
- Impressively, this analytical procedure does nothing to diminish the vitality and playfulness evidenced by the singing colors of his paintings.
- Such playfulness, of course, belies more serious meanings.
- He has a sense of playfulness here that you rarely get in his films anymore.
- Unlike so many practitioners of institutional critique, he often imbued his projects with a sense of playfulness.
- Her work remains sensitively attuned to women's issues, but retains an element of playfulness alongside its edginess.
- Forget about the semiotics of the workforce—these juveniles are walking emblems of cultural playfulness.
- At first glance, the cabin recalls a child's clubhouse, or an actualized cartoon dwelling that mixes playfulness with a foreboding creepiness.
- They signal a new sense of abandon in her sculpture, a playfulness distilled less from nature than from experience.
- Their falling out is torrid and serious stuff, but the director's sense of playfulness leavens the tone.
Definition of playfulness in US English:
playfulness
nounˈpleɪfəlnəsˈplāfəlnəs
The quality of being light-hearted or full of fun.
images of childlike innocence and playfulness
her work displays a playfulness and sense of humor
Example sentencesExamples
- Forget about the semiotics of the workforce—these juveniles are walking emblems of cultural playfulness.
- He has a sense of playfulness here that you rarely get in his films anymore.
- They signal a new sense of abandon in her sculpture, a playfulness distilled less from nature than from experience.
- At first glance, the cabin recalls a child's clubhouse, or an actualized cartoon dwelling that mixes playfulness with a foreboding creepiness.
- Unlike so many practitioners of institutional critique, he often imbued his projects with a sense of playfulness.
- Such playfulness, of course, belies more serious meanings.
- A tornado of energy, she pushes a vision that varies from minimalist, quasi-architectural purity to funky playfulness.
- Impressively, this analytical procedure does nothing to diminish the vitality and playfulness evidenced by the singing colors of his paintings.
- Their falling out is torrid and serious stuff, but the director's sense of playfulness leavens the tone.
- Her work remains sensitively attuned to women's issues, but retains an element of playfulness alongside its edginess.