Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Playfully coy and frisky.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Like a kitten or what pertains to a kitten; playful; disposed to gambol.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Resembling a kitten; playful.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having the qualities or likeness of a kitten.
- adjective
playful
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective playful like a lively kitten
Etymologies
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Examples
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I still had the wide brow and pointed chin which Gerald had called kittenish, but there was little of the kitten about me now.
To Ruin a Queen FIONA BUCKLEY 2000
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I still had the wide brow and pointed chin which Gerald had called kittenish, but there was little of the kitten about me now.
To Ruin a Queen FIONA BUCKLEY 2000
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I still had the wide brow and pointed chin which Gerald had called kittenish, but there was little of the kitten about me now.
To Ruin a Queen FIONA BUCKLEY 2000
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I still had the wide brow and pointed chin which Gerald had called kittenish, but there was little of the kitten about me now.
To Ruin a Queen FIONA BUCKLEY 2000
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I can't find one Hollywood star that has remotely that kind of kittenish sexuality today.
And then there's the way Sarah Palin keeps saying "also," also. Ann Althouse 2008
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I can't find one Hollywood star that has remotely Hayworth's kind of kittenish sexuality today.
And then there's the way Sarah Palin keeps saying "also," also. Ann Althouse 2008
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The fighting blood in Alec made him resolve to change that adjective to "kittenish" before he had ridden her many times.
Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party Edyth Ellerbeck Read 1924
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Comments i've never been able to pay a vet bill and then let go ... except that one time i rescued a hit-by-car kitty and ended up giving her to my best friend (where she still is). perhaps the kitten is so calm cause he-she's so freaked out. sounds normal to me. when i brought in my two brothers, they were together, from a nice home to a nice home, but i have three other cats so it took the wee ones a few days to become fully "kittenish". i say keep the kitty. but then again, i'm a cat lady.
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They recover very quickly at that age and remain quite kittenish in their affection and general behaviour.
Keep Your Cats From Destroying Your Furniture | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Deborah Migliore was pushed into a small conference room in a wheelchair, looking kittenish in red and white pajamas and big gold hoop earrings.
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