Playful

Word PLAYFUL
Character 7
Hyphenation play ful
Pronunciations /ˈpleɪfəl/

Definitions and meanings of "Playful"

What do we mean by playful?

Full of fun and high spirits; frolicsome or sportive. adjective

Humorous; jesting. adjective

Full of play; sportive; frolicsome: frisky: as, a playful child.

Showing a sportive fancy or sprightly humor; pleasantly jocular: as, a playful remark; a playful style; playful attentions.

Sportive; gamboling; frolicsome; indulging a sportive fancy; humorous; merry adjective

Liking play, prone to play frequently, such as a child or kitten; rather sportive. adjective

Funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome. adjective

Fun, recreational, not serious. adjective

Experimental. adjective

Full of fun and high spirits adjective

Liking play, prone to play frequently, such as a child or kitten; rather sportive.

Funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome.

Fun, recreational, not serious.

Experimental.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Playful

The word "playful" in example sentences

SIXIXIS is a group of English designers exploring the creative possibilities of bent wood in playful products ranging from chairs to coat-hangers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It was hardly a match of love, but at first there were signs of a certain playful, affectionate behaviour between them. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When you mentioned playful rather than experimental I thought this sounds good – playful is much more optimistic, but I stopped reading not even halfway through to get to your commentary. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Vinegar gets added to stage wine, in playful vengeance, with predictable consequences. ❋ Kate Kellaway (2010)

And I hate that at 15 there are no more hugs and kisses freely given, unless you mask them in playful stealth. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Isuppose you can take pleasant macro shots which decon­tex­tu­alize common­place objects in playful and star­tling ways without even leaving the house. ❋ Unknown (2010)

… Japan is rich enough, bored enough with national ambition, strait-jacketed enough, and gloomy enough to find immense attraction in playful escapism and quirky obsession. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We had a long conversation before we figured out he was sending more content than I was receiving - where I was responding to the (null) in playful ways, and he was getting more and more confused, but he was able to tell me "things in quotes" which felt very meta, and I felt more and more like we were part of a surrealist work. ❋ Chezmax (2007)

Others however consider the name playful and harmless or fun and funky. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Here, in playful effigy on the second floor landing of the Covent Garden Market, were the "Black Hearts of Bali". ❋ Unknown (2007)

There was a spring tide running and Ruttie was in playful mood, but we made landfall and the Duke settled out of court. ❋ Unknown (2006)

At the same time however, the songs remain playful and full of pop-hooks. ❋ Unknown (2006)

"It would," Mr. Judson lifted his hand and pointed it in playful accusation. ❋ Unknown (1955)

One is that she was given it in playful allusion to her own heroine in the "Genji Monogatari," who was called Murasaki. ❋ B. 974? Murasaki Shikibu Izumi Shikibu (1920)

He and Blue rubbed noses, and Blue laid back his ears and shook his head with teeth bared, in playful pretense of anger. ❋ Unknown (1914)

"In my room, Phebe, dear," and up came the girl Rose was going to "make a lady of," looking so like one that Annabel opened her china-blue eyes and smiled involuntarily as Phebe dropped a little curtsey in playful imitation of her old manner and said quietly: "How do you do, Miss Bliss?" ❋ Unknown (1876)

The texts were shown only to the jurors and judge, but they were characterized as "playful" and made it seem as though Huguely had been seeking company before going to Love's apartment. ❋ Unknown (2012)

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