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/ˈskaɪlɑːk/ · noun
A small brown passerine bird, Alauda arvensis, that sings as it flies high into the air..
I cherished no malice towards him, though he had been skylarking with me not a little in the matter of my bedfellow.
Use skylark when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Skylark means A small brown passerine bird, Alauda arvensis, that sings as it flies high into the air..
Common synonyms include frolic, disport, cavort, romp.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I cherished no malice towards him, though he had been skylarking with me not a little in the matter of my bedfellow.
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