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Recent Examples of playfully
Venus Williams playfully shaded her former doubles partner and sister Serena during the US Open.
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Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 3 Sep. 2025
Between her huge mane of hair and his white cowboy hat, Gaga and Mars playfully evoked '70s country music duos.
—EW.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Shot in a colorfully naturalistic style by Irina Lubtchansky (My Golden Days), the film occasionally switches to what looks like Super 8mm, capturing the action more intimately and playfully.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
Club isn’t like Netflix’s Daniel Craig detective franchise, which takes a more playfully inventive approach — at times studiously inventive approach — to the genre.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
On their way to the locker room, Daniels stops, takes a basketball from a young admirer and playfully dribbles around him.
—Dan Pompei, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
As the video goes on, Jelly Roll playfully squeezes Bunnie's backside and the two share a kiss.
—Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Isaac playfully puts on a heavy Spanish accent to mimic his director.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025
Captain Brett posed the rats for photographs, propping their heads playfully over the gunnel.
—Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 3 Sep. 2025
Between her huge mane of hair and his white cowboy hat, Gaga and Mars playfully evoked '70s country music duos.
—EW.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Shot in a colorfully naturalistic style by Irina Lubtchansky (My Golden Days), the film occasionally switches to what looks like Super 8mm, capturing the action more intimately and playfully.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
Club isn’t like Netflix’s Daniel Craig detective franchise, which takes a more playfully inventive approach — at times studiously inventive approach — to the genre.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
On their way to the locker room, Daniels stops, takes a basketball from a young admirer and playfully dribbles around him.
—Dan Pompei, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
As the video goes on, Jelly Roll playfully squeezes Bunnie's backside and the two share a kiss.
—Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Isaac playfully puts on a heavy Spanish accent to mimic his director.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025
Captain Brett posed the rats for photographs, propping their heads playfully over the gunnel.
—Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for playfully
Adverb
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The two animatedly discuss the issue, veering off topic at times into snake-hunting and a plot point from a Spider-Man film.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC news,
28 Aug. 2025
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Then, in the 58th minute, he was seen speaking into his mobile phone, talking and gesticulating animatedly.—
Henry Bushnell,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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This is because there simply aren’t enough hours in the day to forage and digest raw foods sufficient to support brains as energetically expensive as our own, contra many a modern paleo-diet guru.—
Peter Brannen,
Big Think,
28 Aug. 2025
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This conversational experience now revolves around a prominent chat interface that spans most of the screen, always present and energetically guiding users to ask, discover, and engage.—
Danika Wong,
Fortune,
26 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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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
Adverb
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By that yardstick, this clearance moved briskly.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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There are multiple scenes of him as a younger man walking briskly on city streets, briefcase tucked under an arm – purposeful, directed, not idling or taking in the ambiance around him.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
29 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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While skittishly edited, the film nevertheless builds up Faithfull’s biography in basic chronological order.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Then again, maybe $1,000 just rolls trippingly off the tongue and into Trump’s good graces.—
Stephen Gandel,
The Seattle Times,
3 Feb. 2018
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One man, whose arrogance and ego lead him trippingly into chaos of his own making, can turn a shining city on the hill into a shadowy, taudry replica of itself. …—
James Hohmann,
Washington Post,
14 July 2017
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“Playfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playfully. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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