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

Example sentences :

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

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