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Playful humor
Answer for the clue "Playful humor ", 13 letters:
facetiousness
Word definitions for facetiousness in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Facetious \Fa*ce"tious\, a. [Cf. F. fac['e]tieux. See Faceti[ae] .] Given to wit and good humor; merry; sportive; jocular; as, a facetious companion. Characterized by wit and pleasantry; exciting laughter; as, a facetious story or reply. -- Fa*ce"tious*ly ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. playful humor
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The state of being facetious 2 (context countable English) The product or result of being facetious.
Usage examples of facetiousness.
Samuel Byass presented himself--a slender, large-headed young man, with very light hair cropped close upon the scalp, and a foolish face screwed into an expression of facetiousness.
Samuel Byass presented himself--a slender, large-headed young man, with very light hair cropped close upon the scalp, and a foolish face screwed into an expression of facetiousness.
But even where it makes no difference musically the facetiousness of his stage cockney dialect is irritating.
For the facetiousness that came to him as soon as he put pen to paper, and the fantasy he had hitherto dissipated in quarrels with Shama and in invective against the Tulsis, were just the things Mr.