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frisky

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frisk·y  (frsk)
adj. frisk·i·er, frisk·i·est
Energetic, lively, and playful: a frisky kitten.
friski·ly adv.
friski·ness n.
frisky [ˈfrɪskɪ]
adj friskier, friskiest
lively, high-spirited, or playful
friskily  adv
friskiness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.frisky - playful like a lively kitten
kittenish
playful - full of fun and high spirits; "playful children just let loose from school"
frisky
adjective lively, spirited, romping, playful, bouncy, high-spirited, rollicking, in high spirits, full of beans (informal), coltish, kittenish, frolicsome, ludic (literary), sportive, full of joie de vivre His horse was feeling frisky.
wooden, dull, lacklustre, sedate, demure, stodgy, stolid, pensive
Translations
frisky [ˈfrɪskɪ] ADJ (friskier (compar) (friskiest (superl))) [person, horse] → juguetón
he's pretty frisky still → sigue bastante activo
frisky [ˈfrɪski] adj [animal, person] → vif*(vive), sémillant(e)
frisky
adj (+er) → verspielt
frisky [ˈfrɪskɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (person, horse) → vispo/a, vivace
frisky [ˈfrɪskɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (person, horse) → vispo/a, vivace


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Then all at once it began to quiver, and leap, and dance with a frisky motion.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
One morning, feeling more frisky than usual, she fell upon her knees and wept in the woodman's petticoat.
Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context
Then arrived, two by two, with a gravity which made a contrast in the midst of the frisky ecclesiastical escort of Charles de Bourbon, the eight and forty ambassadors of Maximilian of Austria, having at their head the reverend Father in God, Jehan, Abbot of Saint-Bertin, Chancellor of the Golden Fleece, and Jacques de Goy, Sieur Dauby, Grand Bailiff of Ghent.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
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