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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 [ˈpleɪfʊl]
adj
1. full of high spirits and fun a playful kitten
2. good-natured and humorous a playful remark
playfully  adv
playfulness  n
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 She gave her husband a playful slap.
2. lively, spirited, cheerful, merry, mischievous, joyous, sprightly, vivacious, rollicking, impish, frisky, puckish, coltish, kittenish, frolicsome, ludic (literary), sportive, gay, larkish (informal) They tumbled around like playful children.
lively serious, grave, gloomy, sedate, despondent, morose
Translations
playful [ˈpleɪfʊl] ADJ [person] → juguetón; [mood] → alegre; [remark] → dicho en broma, festivo

playful [ˈpleɪfʊl] adj [person, manner] → enjoué(e); [mood] → enjoué(e); [kiss, slap] → taquin(e), malicieux/euse; [kitten, puppy] → joueur/euse

playful
adjneckisch; remark, smile, look alsoschelmisch; child, animalverspielt, munter; the dog is in a playful mood/just being playfulder Hund will spielen/spielt nur; the boss is in a playful mood todayder Chef ist heute zu Späßen aufgelegt; to do something in a playful wayetw zum Scherz or aus Spaß tun; she gave Philip’s hand a playful squeezesie drückte spielerisch Philips Hand; in a playful tonein einem spielerischen Ton

playful [ˈpleɪfʊl] adj (child, puppy) → giocherellone/a; (mood, smile, remark) → scherzoso/a
playful [ˈpleɪfʊl] adj (child, puppy) → giocherellone/a; (mood, smile, remark) → scherzoso/a

playful لعوب čtverácký munter verspielt παιχνιδιάρικος juguetón leikkisä joueur zaigran scherzoso 陽気な 재미있는 speels leken figlarny brincalhão игривый lekfull ชอบเล่นสนุกสนาน oyuncu hay vui đùa 好玩的


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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.
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.
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.
 
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