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playfully

adverb (playfully; more playfully, most playfully)

«playfully» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

Playfully means in a joking, teasing way, as if for fun and not to hurt. tree →

In the lessons

in stories a dog or a man shows a mood of fun: he taps someone on the shoulder playfully, or frisks playfully about

Examples

The miller slapped the hunter on the shoulder playfully. tree →
The dog frisked playfully about the yard. tree →
The child shook his fist playfully at the old man. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «playfully» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«playfully» in the school dictionary on Mova free.

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