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Meanings of as playful in английском

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Usage of as playful in английском
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This is serious architecture, about as playful as a nuclear reactor.
The Guardian
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Those closest to him regarded his tales simply as playful confabulations.
The devil and sherlock holmes: tales of murder, madness, and obs...
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He is at the same time as playful as a kitten.
Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay. Volume 1
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Many touches are as playful as Peter Rabbit's little blue jacket.
The Guardian
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The dolphins seemed as playful and mischievous as small children.
Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung
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But he was as playful as any other hunting tiger.
The Red Redmaynes
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Young lions are very pretty, and as playful as kittens.
Twilight and Dawn; Or, Simple Talks on the Six Days of Creation
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They mew like cats, and are as playful as kittens.
Chatterbox Stories of Natural History
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Great bearded workmen were as playful as young boys, clumping along in their hobnailed boots.
L'Assommoir
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The mist rose as playful air spirits danced within, visible as glimpses of dancing shapes.
A nameless witch
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Wearing an expression intended to come off as playful, she turned back to the saleswoman.
"Undo": A Novel
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In the GTS patients both mental play and counting were best characterised as playful impulsions.
Pubmed
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I was very hungry, and as playful as a schoolboy who had just procured a holiday.
Rattlin the Reefer
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We may class as playful satires (which I give in the order of their importance):
A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)
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Now, in his mid-thirties, he has found his voice, yet he remains as playful as a child.
The new yorker
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He's as playful as a great puppy.
Dogsbody
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