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What is the adjective for playfully?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs play and playe which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

playful
  1. liking play, prone to play frequently, such as a child or kitten; rather sportive.
  2. funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome.
  3. fun, recreational, not serious.
  4. experimental.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. frisky, lively, coltish, spirited, mischievous, frolicsome, bubbly, impish, kittenish, puckish, rollicking, sportive, gay, jolly, cheerful, exuberant, joyous, merry, perky, prankish, roguish, skittish, sprightly, vivacious, devilish, elfish, fay, frolicky, gamesome, larky, lighthearted, ludic, mirthful, peppy, rascally, sportful, tricksy, zestful, airy, animated, blithe, bouncy, energetic, funny, jocund, larkish, naughty, sparky, zesty, zippy … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “He generally doesn't take anything too seriously due to his naturally playful nature.”
      “She gave her husband a playful poke to his tummy.”
      “With a slow deliberation, she folded it and held it out to him with a playful innocence that made him want to rush over to her and kiss her.”
playable
  1. Able to be played.
  2. (game) Of a move, giving a reasonable result; able to be played without losing.
  3. (game) Of a game, able to be played and enjoyed.
  4. Examples:
      5. “In many cases, its playable image quality surpassed the GeForce 6800 Ultra thanks to its superior fill rate and memory bandwidth.”
      “This is a real-time strategic war game with absolutely fantastic graphics, only it's not quite playable yet.”
      “Then at 5.10 pm, and just as the valiant efforts of the groundstaff had started to make the pitch look playable, the lights went out.”
playlike
  1. Resembling a play (dramatic production) or some aspect of one.
  2. Resembling play (recreational behaviour) or some aspect of it.
playless
  1. Devoid of play (recreational activities).
  2. Without plays (theatrical works).
  3. Examples:
      4. “Despite his repeated insistence that the theater should dispense with plays, his own work in the theater was far from playless.”
playworthy
  1. Synonym of playable
  2. (drama) Deserving of a play.
playerish
  1. Characteristic of a player (one who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship).
  2. Examples:
      3. “A few scornful, sarcastic comebacks came to mind, but I kept it playerish.”
playsome
  1. (literary) Playful; frolicsome.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. carefree, merry, sportive, wanton
  3. Examples:
      4. “I have heard his brother Edm and M'r Wayte his schoole fellow &c, say that when he was a Boy he was playsome enough: but withall he had even then a contemplative Melancholinesse.”
playfull
  1. Archaic form of playful.
playerless
  1. Without a player.
playfuller
  1. (rare) comparative form of playful: more playful
  2. Synonyms:
      3. friskier, livelier, bubblier, gayer, jollier, merrier, perkier, sprightlier, larkier, mirthfuller, peppier, tricksier, airier, blither, bouncier, funnier, naughtier, sparkier, zestier, zippier, jauntier, jazzier, pizazzier, pizzazzier, snappier, more coltish, more spirited, more mischievous, more frolicsome, more impish, more puckish, more rollicking, more sportive, more cheerful, more exuberant, more joyous, more prankish, more roguish, more skittish, more vivacious, more devilish, more elfish, more fay, more frolicky, more gamesome, more lighthearted, more ludic, more rascally, more sportful, more zestful … more
played
  1. simple past tense and past participle of play
  2. Synonyms:
      3. influenced, convinced, manipulated, persuaded, inveigled, tempted, urged, beguiled, brainwashed, bribed, coaxed, coerced, controlled, directed, exploited, finagled, jockeyed, steered, swayed, compelled, counseled, counselled, dragooned, enticed, impelled, intimidated, lured, worked, wrought, leaned on, pressurized, worked upon, browbeat, browbeaten, cajoled, incited, inclined, induced, prejudiced, prevailed upon, pulled strings with, talked round, twisted someone's arm, brought round, coloured, suborned, turned, brought pressure to bear on, brought pressure to bear upon, carried weight with … more
playing
  1. present participle of play
  2. Synonyms:
      3. frolicking, sporting, capering, romping, trifling, frisking, gambolling, gamboling, toying, cavorting, having fun, relaxing, resting, revelling, reveling, amusing oneself, dallying, rollicking, skylarking, carousing, entertaining oneself, larking, recreating, clowning, disporting, diverting, doodling, fiddling, fooling, fribbling, jesting, joking, jumping, kidding, occupying oneself, rejoicing, amusing yourself, disporting oneself, diverting oneself, enjoying oneself, fiddling around, fooling around, goofing around, hanging about, having a good time, horsing around, idling away, kicking around, larking about, larking around … more
played
  1. simple past tense and past participle of play
  2. Synonyms:
      3. influenced, convinced, manipulated, persuaded, inveigled, tempted, urged, beguiled, brainwashed, bribed, coaxed, coerced, controlled, directed, exploited, finagled, jockeyed, steered, swayed, compelled, counseled, counselled, dragooned, enticed, impelled, intimidated, lured, worked, wrought, leaned on, pressurized, worked upon, browbeat, browbeaten, cajoled, incited, inclined, induced, prejudiced, prevailed upon, pulled strings with, talked round, twisted someone's arm, brought round, coloured, suborned, turned, brought pressure to bear on, brought pressure to bear upon, carried weight with … more
playing
  1. present participle of play
  2. Synonyms:
      3. frolicking, sporting, capering, romping, trifling, frisking, gambolling, gamboling, toying, cavorting, having fun, relaxing, resting, revelling, reveling, amusing oneself, dallying, rollicking, skylarking, carousing, entertaining oneself, larking, recreating, clowning, disporting, diverting, doodling, fiddling, fooling, fribbling, jesting, joking, jumping, kidding, occupying oneself, rejoicing, amusing yourself, disporting oneself, diverting oneself, enjoying oneself, fiddling around, fooling around, goofing around, hanging about, having a good time, horsing around, idling away, kicking around, larking about, larking around … more
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