prankishness
Example Sentences
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Alberto Barbera, the director of the Venice Film Festival, suggested that the audience’s familiarity with the original — and with von Trier’s prankishness — played a role in its positive reception.
From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2022
Staged briskly, but not always fluidly by Rita Giomi, the play's ingenuity, smarts and verbal prankishness are amusing.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2010
But his love of technology and democracy, coupled with an ad man's eye for prankishness, has seen him carve out a unique space in open government circles.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 28, 2010
Aiming, perhaps, for a neat double helix of black humor and prankishness, they've ended up with a pretty ugly granny knot.
From Time Magazine Archive
In prankishness he sought a refuge; he laughed, but she did not follow him.
From An Arkansas Planter by Opie Percival Read
