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playfulness

playfulness noun: the quality of being playful.

Noun

playfulness (usually uncountable, plural playfulnesses)

  1. (usually) The 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

playfulness meaning in Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi

playfulness in Hindi

playfulness, impudence
शरारत śarārat

playfulness in Urdu

playfulness, toying, fondling
ناز nāz
playfulness, impudence
شرارت śarārat

playfulness in Punjabi

playfulness, impudence
ਸ਼ਰਾਰਤ śarārat, شرارت śarārat

Forms of playfulness

pluralplayfulnesses

Origin of playfulness

From playful + -ness.

Questions about playfulness

What does playfulness mean?
Playfulness means the quality of being playful.
What is playfulness in Hindi?
Playfulness in Hindi is शरारत (śarārat). See Playfulness meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is playfulness?
Playfulness is a noun.
What is the plural of playfulness?
The plural of playfulness is playfulnesses.

Words near playfulness in the dictionary

  1. playful as a kitten
  2. playfull
  3. playfuller
  4. playfullest
  5. playfully
  6. playfulness
  7. playfulnesses
  8. playgame
  9. playgames
  10. playgan
  11. playgans

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: playfulness (page history and authors); शरारत (Hindi) (page history and authors); شرارت (Urdu) (page history and authors); شرارت (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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