friskily

adverb

Definition of friskilynext
as in playfully

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for friskily
  1. playfully
  2. briskly
  3. buoyantly
  4. skittishly
  5. sprightly
  6. airily
Adverb
  • Inside Lindblom, university leaders playfully lobbied on behalf of their campuses to a group of more than a dozen participants, who fired inquiries back about courses, postgraduation job success rates, campus accessibility and culture, and more.
    — Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The vampy all-burgundy ensemble was playfully textural and was styled with burgundy tights and a bold burgundy red lip.
    — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of playfully
Adverb
  • Walk briskly, march in place, pedal a stationary bike or perform low-impact jumping jacks.
    — Dana Santas, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The animal was far from sprinting, instead taking a relaxed stroll at a speed surprisingly comparable to a human walking briskly to catch a bus.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of briskly
Adverb
  • The song's interplay between choir and orchestra is buoyantly euphoric, opening a door to bolder, more intentionally progressive and soulful sounds in the country's mainstream.
    — Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 May 2025
Definition of buoyantly
Adverb
  • The horse, not sensing any guidance on its ribcage, begins to move skittishly in tight, concentric circles.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
  • While skittishly edited, the film nevertheless builds up Faithfull’s biography in basic chronological order.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
Definition of skittishly
Adverb
  • Halfway through Kurt Andersen’s sprightly new novel, The Breakup, Natalie and Asher, an estranged couple, are about to drop their daughter, Logan, off at an airport in Tennessee.
    — Chop Choppish Shop, Air Mail, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Alex Stepney was the Londoner who won the European Cup, played 539 United games and is still sprightly aged 83.
    — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 27 July 2026
Definition of sprightly
Adverb
  • Still, while these surfaces are clearly meant to reflect deeper emotional and cultural truths, Coppola’s mining of them is done glancingly, airily.
    — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2026
Definition of airily
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“Friskily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/friskily. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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