[
US
/ˈpɫeɪfəɫi/
]
[ UK /plˈeɪfəli/ ]
[ UK /plˈeɪfəli/ ]
ADVERB
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in a playful manner
she loosened the half-hoop of diamonds on her left hand third finger and held it out to him playfully
How To Use playfully In A Sentence
- “Yetta, Yetta, Yetta,” Rahel said in a singsongy voice, playfully swinging around a lamppost. Uprising
- There is something playfully provocative about a man extolling the virtues of privacy while surrounded by a cabal of at least 20 people. Times, Sunday Times
- He pouted playfully and walked out the back door towards the back lawn of the manor.
- ‘Now that,’ said Will, playfully pronging a sliver of bacon, ‘is painfully true.’
- Her dance cavorts playfully between elegance and tease; a spin of the sari around her, and her perfectly toned midriff is exposed but for a swift moment.
- Her dance cavorts playfully between elegance and tease; a spin of the sari around her, and her perfectly toned midriff is exposed but for a swift moment.
- Ground floor and blue prints then,' and then even more playfully, `or I could maybe give you a piggyback. FALLEN WOMEN
- Her optically dazzling, playfully psychedelic paintings are open to the charge of being about nothing more than retinal pleasure.
- The voice lilted playfully, running up and down his spine, as sensual as a warm hand. One Night in Scotland
- ‘I'll take this one, you've been hogging all the customers all day,’ she laughed and he playfully stuck out his tongue at her and resumed putting the cups where they belong.