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Antonyms for playful
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : pley-fuh l |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpleɪ fəl |
Definition of playful
Origin :- mid-13c., from play (v.) + -ful. Related: Playfully; playfulness.
- adj funny, fun-loving
- All is still on a colossal scale, but playful, capricious, phantasmagoric.
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- How noisy and romping the brook was; how capricious, how playful, how furtive!
- Extract from : « A Little Book of Profitable Tales » by Eugene Field
- I am playful; playfulness is a part of my amiable character.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- To call a man a turnip may be playful, but is seldom respectful.
- Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
- And did she think,' said Mr Pecksniff, with a playful tightening of his grasp 'that she could!
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- The playful tone in which Mr. Montenero spoke, put me quite at my ease.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Pardon me, my dear and gracious Masters, this my playful letter.
- Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
- The London "Times" tried its hand on it, but only in a playful way.
- Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
- The genial, playful, puppyish side of him found little expression.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- There seems to be a playful allusion in these words to mewian and cath, the mewing of a cat.
- Extract from : « Y Gododin » by Aneurin
Synonyms for playful
- antic
- blithe
- cheerful
- coltish
- comical
- elvish
- feeling one's oats
- flirtatious
- frisky
- frolicsome
- full of pep
- gamesome
- gay
- good-natured
- impish
- jaunty
- jesting
- jocund
- joking
- joyous
- lighthearted
- lively
- merry
- mirthful
- mischievous
- prankish
- puckish
- rollicking
- snappy
- spirited
- sportive
- sprightly
- teasing
- tongue-in-cheek
- vivacious
- waggish
- whimsical
- zippy
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