Usually means: Engaging in fun with creativity.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word playfulness:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. playfulness: Merriam-Webster
  2. playfulness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. playfulness: Collins English Dictionary
  4. playfulness: Vocabulary.com
  5. Playfulness, playfulness: Wordnik
  6. playfulness: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. playfulness: Wiktionary
  8. playfulness: Dictionary.com
  9. playfulness: Rhymezone
  10. playfulness: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. playfulness: FreeDictionary.org
  12. playfulness: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. playfulness: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. playfulness: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. playfulness: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (playfulness)

▸ noun:  The quality of being playful.

Similar:
gaiety, merriment, fun, unplayfulness, jokefulness, jocundness, flirtiness, ludibundness, flirtatiousness, funness, more...

Opposite:
seriousness, solemnity, gravity, somberness

Types:
sarcasm, silliness, humor, wit, jocularity, banter, ribbing, teasing, bantering, more...

Phrases:
completely lacking in playfulness, the best playfulness, more...

Adjectives:
certain, such, innocent, mere, natural, little, childish, childlike, linguistic, intellectual, much



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Similar:
gaiety, merriment, fun, unplayfulness, jokefulness, jocundness, flirtiness, ludibundness, flirtatiousness, funness, more...

Opposite:
seriousness, solemnity, gravity, somberness

Types:
sarcasm, silliness, humor, wit, jocularity, banter, ribbing, teasing, bantering, more...

Phrases:
completely lacking in playfulness, the best playfulness, more...

Adjectives:
certain, such, innocent, mere, natural, little, childish, childlike, linguistic, intellectual, much



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