Definitions
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- adjective Resembling a
play (dramatic production) or some aspect of one. - adjective Resembling play (recreational behaviour) or some aspect of it.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Nao, if Ai see somebodi drest az yu deskribe, Ai just playlike Ai nawt see her, lyke if she waz pikkin her noze.
construktshen wirker - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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As most it seem to me an incomplete act - someone wrong fills out a registration form - that means nothing at all - it could be playlike - until and unless someone tries to vote with it -
New Obama Ad: McCain Is Bad On Space -- And Bad For Florida 2009
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Yet at the same time, the bizarre configurations were more horrifying than a logical, playlike fantasy.
Rhapsody In Time Judith O’Brien 1994
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Yet at the same time, the bizarre configurations were more horrifying than a logical, playlike fantasy.
Rhapsody In Time Judith O’Brien 1994
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While outwardly participating in an activity within a social situation, an individual can allow his attention to turn from what he and everyone else considers the real or serious world, and give himself up for a time to a playlike world in which he alone participates.
Behavior in Public Places ERVING GOFFMAN 1963
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In the show's program - another playlike touch - an explanatory piece of writing, credited to "Stew/Heidi," bursts with all kinds of false dichotomies: "Plays close.
NYT > Home Page By JON CARAMANICA 2010
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