Definition of Playfully

1. Adverb. In a playful manner. "She loosened the half-hoop of diamonds on her left hand third finger and held it out to him playfully"

Partainyms: Playful

Definition of Playfully

1. Adverb. In a playful manner. ¹

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Definition of Playfully

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Playfully

playfeer
playfellows
playfellowship
playfield
playfields
playfight
playfighting
playfights
playfought
playfriend
playfriends
playful
playfull
playfuller
playfully (current term)
playfulness
playfulnesses
playgame
playgirl
playgirls
playgoer
playgoers
playgoing
playgoings
playground
playground ball
playground taunt
playground taunts
playgrounds

Literary usage of Playfully

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1902)
"CHAPTER I. THE SNOB playfully DEALT WITH. THERE are relative and positive Snobs. I mean by positive, such persons as are Snobs everywhere, in all companies, ..."

2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"When the poor boy was but fifteen, m Switzerland, his father had asked him playfully if he had yet found, " quelque belle, vos attentions pour laquelle ..."

3. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"CHAPTER I THE SNOB playfully DEALT WITH THERE are relative and positive Snobs. I mean by positive, such persons as are Snobs everywhere, in all companies, ..."

4. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray (1869)
"CHAPTER I. THE SNOB playfully DEALT WITH. THERE are relative and positive Snobs. I mean by positive, such persons as are Snobs everywhere, in all companies, ..."

5. Letters of George Meredith by George Meredith (1912)
"On no other subject have I spoken of this dear fellow but with the affection I felt—sometimes playfully with regard to his peculiar habits, I daresay; ..."

6. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1902)
"CHAPTER I. THE SNOB playfully DEALT WITH. THERE are relative and positive Snobs. I mean by positive, such persons as are Snobs everywhere, in all companies, ..."

7. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"When the poor boy was but fifteen, m Switzerland, his father had asked him playfully if he had yet found, " quelque belle, vos attentions pour laquelle ..."

8. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"CHAPTER I THE SNOB playfully DEALT WITH THERE are relative and positive Snobs. I mean by positive, such persons as are Snobs everywhere, in all companies, ..."

9. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray (1869)
"CHAPTER I. THE SNOB playfully DEALT WITH. THERE are relative and positive Snobs. I mean by positive, such persons as are Snobs everywhere, in all companies, ..."

10. Letters of George Meredith by George Meredith (1912)
"On no other subject have I spoken of this dear fellow but with the affection I felt—sometimes playfully with regard to his peculiar habits, I daresay; ..."

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