Thesaurus / playful
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You can really just talk about you’re playful together in this dyad.
FORGET EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT YOUR DOG (EP. 436)STEPHEN J. DUBNEROCTOBER 22, 2020FREAKONOMICSHe is at once ambitious with serious ideas, while maintaining a playful side.
TO BOLDLY GO WHERE NO INTERNET PROTOCOL HAS GONE BEFORESUSAN D'AGOSTINOOCTOBER 21, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINEThis month, we celebrate the playful genius of the famous British mathematician with two puzzles and an exploratory game.
CELEBRATING THE PLAYFUL MAGIC OF JOHN HORTON CONWAYPRADEEP MUTALIKOCTOBER 15, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINEIt wasn’t playful but intentional, pointed and meant to be instructive.
RUPERT EVERETT REMINDS US HOMOPHOBIA PERSISTS IN HOLLYWOODJOHN PAUL KINGOCTOBER 10, 2020WASHINGTON BLADEIt’s this OB-4 “magic radio” from Teenage Engineering, a design group that creates tech with a playful but premium approach.
TEENAGE ENGINEERING’S OB-4 ‘MAGIC RADIO’ IS A WEIRD AND BEAUTIFUL WIRELESS SPEAKERDEVIN COLDEWEYOCTOBER 1, 2020TECHCRUNCHFeaturing limited-edition versions of Teva’s classic sandal, the Original Universal, and Cotopaxi’s signature Teca windbreaker in playful prints and bright neon colors, the all-new Teva x Cotopaxi collection brings together two iconic brands.
RETRO VIBES THAT LOOK GOOD—AND DO GOODOUTSIDE EDITORSAUGUST 26, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINEThey were very playful and inclined to talk—to do anything but lie quiet and go to sleep.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINAway in the meadows the lights of his men's torches darted hither and thither like playful jack-o'-lanterns.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIThen he said with a playful sadness: "A moment ago you were not completely innocent of irony, were you?"
MRS. FALCHION, COMPLETEGILBERT PARKERDo not be fond of shewing my letter; the playful effusions of friendship would be construed by strangers as gross vanity.
PRIVATE LETTERS OF EDWARD GIBBON (1753-1794) VOLUME 1 (OF 2)EDWARD GIBBONWORDS RELATED TO PLAYFUL
- airy
- animated
- bold
- brash
- breezy
- buoyant
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- dapper
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- devil-may-care
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- flip
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- arch
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- bad
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- deleterious
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- dickens
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- foxy
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- harmful
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- holy terror
- hurtful
- ill
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- waggish
- whimsical
- witty
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