mirthfulness


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Synonyms for mirthfulness

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Synonyms for mirthfulness

great merriment

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Our mirthfulness so perverted that we can gratify it only at the expense of our moral faculties?" He went on to note the "analogy" between "the barbarous sports of heathen Greece and the more refined recreations of the middle of the nineteenth century."
JUST PUT OUT AN ADMIN NOTICE THAT MERITORIOUS MIRTHFULNESS WILL BE CONSIDERED FAVORABLY FOR PROMOTION.
One list included the following (4): Amativeness Philoprogenitiveness Inhabitiveness Adhesiveness Combativeness Destructiveness Secretiveness Acquisitiveness Constructiveness Self-esteem Love of approbation Cautiousness Benevolence Veneration Firmness Conscientiousness Hope Marvelousness Ideality Gaiety or Mirthfulness Imitation Individuality Configuration Size Weight and Resistance Coloring Locality Calculation Order Eventuality Time Melody Language Comparison Causality
Expanded from Robinson's 2003 one-joke short film, this bigger, bolder incarnation is far more engaging than other young lesbian comedies like "But I'm a Cheerleader." And while it in no way rivals the supremacy of teen-pic classics like "Clueless," the film's good natured mirthfulness and the relative non-issue of its sexual agenda should make it inclusive to teenage girls regardless of their sexual persuasion.
As late as 1977, self-declared witch Sybil Leek claimed that the skulls of different races and nationalities correspond to such traits as the Italian male's erotic prowess, the British talent for calmness under duress; the Caucasian predilection for "Mirthfulness, Ideality, and Conscientiousness."