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Sportive; gamboling; frolicsome; indulging a sportive fancy; humorous; merry; as, a playful child; a playful writer.

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  1. a. Sportive; gamboling; frolicsome; indulging a sportive fancy; humorous; merry; as, a playful child; a playful writer.
  2. adj. full of fun and high spirits
  3. Sportive; gamboling; frolicsome; indulging a sportive fancy; humorous; merry; as, a playful child; a playful writer. -- Play"ful*ly, adv. -- Play"ful*ness, n.
  4. Sportive; gamboling; frolicsome; indulging a sportive fancy;humorous; merry; as, a playful child; a playful writer.-- Play"ful*ly, adv.-- Play"ful*ness, n.
  5. j:100 a. full of fun and high spirits