Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Playful"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
playful
adj : full of fun and high spirits; "playful children just let
loose from school" [ant: {unplayful}]
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