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clownishness

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License, indeed, and clownishness, but not that abandon which ingenuous joy brings in its train.

It is a caricature of a bird, a mixture of gravity and clownishness.

Oh, sit where you were, Griggs, don't drag in that asinine clownishness of yours.

Fortunately there was no grossness, no clownishness of behavior, which would have irreparably offended his fastidious taste.

The remark, but not the clownishness, is adopted by Mr. Punch in regard to the Kelly Book.

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On this page you'll find 23 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to clownishness, such as: bluffing, farce, frolicking, jesting, joshing, and kidding.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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