"playfulness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: playfulnesses [plural]
Etymology: From playful + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|playful|ness}} playful + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} playfulness (usually uncountable, plural playfulnesses)
  1. The quality of being playful. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (quality of being playful): hravost [feminine] (Czech), speelsheid [feminine] (Dutch), ludeco (Esperanto), draiskums (Latvian), draiskulība [feminine] (Latvian), игривост (igrivost) [feminine] (Macedonian), разиграност (razigranost) [feminine] (Macedonian), lekfullhet [common-gender] (Swedish), שפּילעוודיקײַט (shpilevdikayt) [feminine] (Yiddish)

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