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playful

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play·ful  (plfl)
adj.
1. Full of fun and high spirits; frolicsome or sportive: a playful kitten.
2. Humorous; jesting: "He meant to be conversationally playful but his voice had no tone" (Saul Bellow).
playful·ly adv.
playful·ness n.
playful
Adjective
1. good-natured and humorous: a playful remark
2. full of high spirits and fun: a playful child
playfully adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.playful - full of fun and high spirits; "playful children just let loose from school"
unplayful, sober, serious - completely lacking in playfulness
playful
adjective 1. joking, humorous, jokey, arch, teasing, coy, tongue-in-cheek, jesting, flirtatious, good-natured, roguish, waggish
adjective 2. lively, spirited, cheerful, merry, mischievous, joyous, sprightly, vivacious, rollicking, impish, frisky, puckish, coltish, kittenish, frolicsome, ludic (literary) sportive, gay, larkish (informal) << OPPOSITE sedate
Translations
playful [ˈpleɪful] adj → juguetón/ona
playful [ˈpleɪful] play adj → enjoué(e)
playful [ˈpleɪful] play adj [person, gesture] → spielerisch; [animal] → verspielt
playful [ˈpleɪful] adj → giocoso/a


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When I was not in Bertha's presence--and I was with her very often, for she continued to treat me with a playful patronage that wakened no jealousy in my brother--I spent my time chiefly in wandering, in strolling, or taking long rides while the daylight lasted, and then shutting myself up with my unread books; for books had lost the power of chaining my attention.
The Lifted Veil by Eliot, George View in context
Sometimes, in a playful mood, old Doctor Reefy took from his pockets a handful of the paper balls and threw them at the nursery man.
Winesberg, Ohio by Anderson, Sherwood View in context
For, as when the red-cheeked, dancing girls, April and May, trip home to the wintry, misanthropic woods; even the barest, ruggedest, most thunder-cloven old oak will at least send forth some few green sprouts, to welcome such glad-hearted visitants; so Ahab did, in the end, a little respond to the playful allurings of that girlish air.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
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