as in childishness
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Noun
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While that occasion caused much mirth, neighbors in Washington were not pleased with the mass of masked marauders.Alexander Smith, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2024
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Sometimes, though, Harris’s various shades of mirth simply add ironic merriment to proceedings that otherwise slog along.Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2024
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But then Six Characters inverts itself from bitterly self-conscious hilarity (the way to woo a big institution, one character muses, is to suppress your anger and write a comedy) into a mode that’s cooler and more reflective.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 30 July 2024
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And outtakes of a vast hilarity — there’s a comedy album in there, from between takes.Chris Willman, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024
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Her frequent, flirty, faux-bickering visits — more than two dozen over the show’s 11 years — were comic gold, with a nearly blushing David Letterman often barely able to contain his glee.Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2024
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Only front-runner Chock, 60, the insurance executive from Wichita, Kansas, and no doubt Lawry's steakhouse platinum card member, has trouble hiding his glee at the removal of the main man obstacle.Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Puerility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puerility. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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