frolicsome
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The staging is frolicsome but visually monotonous — a problem for a play that is much longer than it needs to be.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2025
Gleiberman concluded the film is "lighter, more frolicsome, less lead-footed than such clomping live-action Disney remakes as Alice in Wonderland and Beauty and the Beast".
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2025
“Life Sucks.,” the title of Aaron Posner’s frolicsome riff on Anton Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya,” contains a period.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2023
For my own part, I will be upping the length and tempo of my ambles with Archie, Finn and Flicka, my own frolicsome pack of dogs.
From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2022
I’m guided by the pure Anne within, but on the outside I’m nothing but a frolicsome little goat tugging at its tether.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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