Meaning of PLAYFUL
| Pronunciation: | | 'pleyful
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| | Definition: | | [adj] full of fun and high spirits; "playful children just let loose from school" |
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| | Synonyms: | | coltish, devilish, elfin, elfish, elvish, frisky, frolicky, frolicsome, impish, implike, kittenish, mischievous, mocking, pixilated, playing, prankish, puckish, quizzical, rascally, roguish, rollicking, sportive, teasing |
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| | Antonyms: | | serious, sober, unplayful | | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Play"ful\, a.
Sportive; gamboling; frolicsome; indulging a sportive fancy;
humorous; merry; as, a playful child; a playful writer. --
{Play"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Play"ful*ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | animated, antic, arch, blithe, capersome, cheerful, coltish, dashing, devilish, elfish, elvish, exuberant, facetious, foolish, frisky, frolicsome, full of beans, full of mischief, fun-loving, gamesome, gay, gleeful, hearty, high-spirited, hilarious, humorous, impish, jesting, jocund, joking, jolly, jovial, kittenish, knavish, larking, larkish, lighthearted, lively, merry, mirthful, mischief-loving, mischievous, pixie, pixieish, pixilated, prankish, pranksome, pranky, puckish, roguish, rollicking, rollicksome, rompish, scampish, scapegrace, skittish, spirited, sportful, sportive, sprightly, teasing, trickish, tricksy, tricky, vital, vivacious, waggish, whimsical, wicked, zestful, zippy |
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