gamesomeness

noun

Definition of gamesomenessnext
as in jocoseness

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  1. brightness
  2. buoyancy
  3. insouciance
  4. buffoonery
Noun
  • Corsair says the monitor can hit 350 nits of brightness.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Ambient lighting can help set the mood, create a comfortable brightness level, and provide visibility throughout a large space.
    Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of brightness
Noun
  • That sudden buoyancy can sometimes carry dust into the air.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025
  • With no swim bladder to regulate buoyancy—a structure that would collapse under such extreme pressure—the blobfish relies on its low-density, fatty tissue to hover effortlessly above the seafloor.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of buoyancy
Noun
  • His coy narrative voice and audacious insouciance, thinly disguised under a patina of classical Oxford education and self-deprecating wit, amuse the reader for several hundred pages.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The theme’s implicit insouciance becomes perplexing when accompanied by scientific studies and even a World Health Organization report touting the healing properties of art.
    Michaëla de Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
Definition of insouciance
Noun
  • What’s so special about Britain’s patron wanker of bighearted buffoonery?
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Fans are fixated on his greatness juxtaposed against the rest of the Bengals’ buffoonery.
    The Athletic NFL Staff, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of buffoonery
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