Playfully

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Playful \Play"ful\, a.
     Sportive; gamboling; frolicsome; indulging a sportive fancy;
     humorous; merry; as, a playful child; a playful writer. --
     {Play"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Play"ful*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  playfully
       adv : in a playful manner; "she loosened the half-hoop of diamonds
             on her left hand third finger and held it out to him
             playfully"