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Definition of Playfully
1. Adverb. In a playful manner. "She loosened the half-hoop of diamonds on her left hand third finger and held it out to him playfully"
Definition of Playfully
1. Adverb. In a playful manner. ¹
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Definition of Playfully
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Playfully
Literary usage of Playfully
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1902)
"CHAPTER I. THE SNOB playfully DEALT WITH. THERE are relative and positive Snobs.
I mean by positive, such persons as are Snobs everywhere, in all companies, ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"When the poor boy was but fifteen, m Switzerland, his father had asked him
playfully if he had yet found, " quelque belle, vos attentions pour laquelle ..."
3. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"CHAPTER I THE SNOB playfully DEALT WITH THERE are relative and positive Snobs.
I mean by positive, such persons as are Snobs everywhere, in all companies, ..."
4. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray (1869)
"CHAPTER I. THE SNOB playfully DEALT WITH. THERE are relative and positive Snobs.
I mean by positive, such persons as are Snobs everywhere, in all companies, ..."
5. Letters of George Meredith by George Meredith (1912)
"On no other subject have I spoken of this dear fellow but with the affection I
felt—sometimes playfully with regard to his peculiar habits, I daresay; ..."
6. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1902)
"CHAPTER I. THE SNOB playfully DEALT WITH. THERE are relative and positive Snobs.
I mean by positive, such persons as are Snobs everywhere, in all companies, ..."
7. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"When the poor boy was but fifteen, m Switzerland, his father had asked him
playfully if he had yet found, " quelque belle, vos attentions pour laquelle ..."
8. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"CHAPTER I THE SNOB playfully DEALT WITH THERE are relative and positive Snobs.
I mean by positive, such persons as are Snobs everywhere, in all companies, ..."
9. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray (1869)
"CHAPTER I. THE SNOB playfully DEALT WITH. THERE are relative and positive Snobs.
I mean by positive, such persons as are Snobs everywhere, in all companies, ..."
10. Letters of George Meredith by George Meredith (1912)
"On no other subject have I spoken of this dear fellow but with the affection I
felt—sometimes playfully with regard to his peculiar habits, I daresay; ..."
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