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synonyms for playful
- cheerful
- comical
- flirtatious
- frisky
- good-natured
- impish
- joking
- lighthearted
- lively
- mischievous
- spirited
- sprightly
- tongue-in-cheek
- whimsical
- antic
- blithe
- coltish
- elvish
- feeling one's oats
- frolicsome
- full of pep
- gamesome
- gay
- jaunty
- jesting
- jocund
- joyous
- merry
- mirthful
- prankish
- puckish
- rollicking
- snappy
- sportive
- teasing
- vivacious
- waggish
- zippy
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How to use playful in a sentence
You can really just talk about you’re playful together in this dyad.
Forget Everything You Know About Your Dog (Ep. 436) | Stephen J. Dubner | October 22, 2020 | FreakonomicsHe is at once ambitious with serious ideas, while maintaining a playful side.
To Boldly Go Where No Internet Protocol Has Gone Before | Susan D'Agostino | October 21, 2020 | Quanta MagazineThis month, we celebrate the playful genius of the famous British mathematician with two puzzles and an exploratory game.
Celebrating the Playful Magic of John Horton Conway | Pradeep Mutalik | October 15, 2020 | Quanta Magazine
It wasn’t playful but intentional, pointed and meant to be instructive.
Rupert Everett reminds us homophobia persists in Hollywood | John Paul King | October 10, 2020 | Washington BladeIt’s this OB-4 “magic radio” from Teenage Engineering, a design group that creates tech with a playful but premium approach.
Teenage Engineering’s OB-4 ‘magic radio’ is a weird and beautiful wireless speaker | Devin Coldewey | October 1, 2020 | TechCrunchplayful and gory, the cartoonish paintings of Dee Dee Ramone, bassist for The Ramones, are every bit as shocking as their creator.
‘All Good Cretins Go to Heaven’: Dee Dee Ramone’s Twisted Punk Paintings | Melissa Leon | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“Highly inquisitive, highly playful, always cheerful,” he recalls.
For Next AG, Obama Picks a Quiet Fighter With a Heavy Punch | Michael Daly | November 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA study in American military control, a haunting sui generis novel, and a playful new short story collection.
As that clip played, Camille leaned over and gave her husband a playful poke in the ribs.
Why Comedians Still Think Bill Cosby Is a Genius | Mark Whitaker | October 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTheir playful exhibitions are often meant to be interactive and instill a childlike sense of joy in the viewer.
They were very playful and inclined to talk—to do anything but lie quiet and go to sleep.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinAway in the meadows the lights of his men's torches darted hither and thither like playful jack-o'-lanterns.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniThen he said with a playful sadness: "A moment ago you were not completely innocent of irony, were you?"
Mrs. Falchion, Complete | Gilbert ParkerDo not be fond of shewing my letter; the playful effusions of friendship would be construed by strangers as gross vanity.
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2) | Edward GibbonI saw Mary Belle transformed from an ordinary playful scamp of a lamb to a primped and perfect darling of the show-ring.
The Red Cow and Her Friends | Peter McArthur
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