frisky
adjective
lively; frolicsome; playful.
friskiness
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a word derived from
frisky.
Example Sentences
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The Cardinals’ friskiness is being chatted about because of preseason expectations, but they’ve quietly been drubbed the last three weeks, losing by more than two touchdowns in all three weeks while failing to cover.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
Anyone who watched him as a young assistant in Washington could see that he loved the game with a kid’s friskiness.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 10, 2022
The musical, derived from Sidney’s “Arcadia,” was always designed for theatrical friskiness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2021
Dilyn's friskiness is "endless", he explained as he chatted to officers at Surrey Police's HQ in Guildford.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2021
After a paragraph or so our blood Is up, and even our jaded hackneys scud along, and warm up into friskiness.
From The Young Duke by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
