Definitions for Playfully
play·ful·ly

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1. playfullyadverb

   in a playful manner

   "she loosened the half-hoop of diamonds on her left hand third finger and held it out to him playfully"

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1. playfullyadverb

   In a playful manner.

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1. playfully

   Playfully refers to doing something in a light-hearted, joyful and often humorous manner. It typically implies having fun or being mischievous without having the intention to cause harm. It can also describe a cheery, frolicsome, or teasing behavior.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Playfully in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Playfully in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Playfully in a Sentence

1. Morgan Wallen:

   I don’t know how to put myself in their shoes because I’m not, you know, but I do understand, especially when I say that I’m using it playfully, or whatever, ignorantly, I understand that must sound like ‘He doesn’t understand.’.

2. Lynne Biggar:

   We are thinking a little bit more playfully and youthfully.

3. Cate Meighan:

   I think that perhaps launching new promotional ads that maybe playfully acknowledge that things have radically changed would really be an easy fix, also getting creative with each housewives' official tagline would work. The ladies may be primarily single but that hasn't stopped the fans from tuning in so I don't think that a huge overhaul is necessary.

4. Andrew Richardson:

   I cannot do this because it would be a California health code violation, she then became a bit more frustrated, but nothing that I would perceive as rudeness. At worst, she was playfully sassy. I really didn't think too much of it.

5. Sanaa Lathan:

   It really is a 10-hour film, it's so much a movie that whenever we said 'episodes' on set, we were playfully reprimanded and told to call them 'hours.'.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Playfully
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Playfully
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Playfully