playful

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  1. adjective Full of fun and high spirits; frolicsome or sportive: a playful kitten.
  2. adjective Humorous; jesting: "He meant to be conversationally playful but his voice had no tone” (Saul Bellow).

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  • The playful is therefore an important part of our quality as designer. —  Eva Zeisel on the playful search for beauty
  • They lose this stuff that kind of facilitates this sort of playful, and building mode of thinking. —  Tim Brown on creativity and play
  • He's sweet & purr-y & playful, and every night he finds amusement in hunting, chasing, then playing with unsavory bugs to their dismembered demise (to date? crickets, grasshoppers, BIG, HONKIN 'SPIDERS, and cicadas) (there are still spider legs in my garage ...). —  PENSIEVE
  • The new Palm treats aesthetics like Apple does -- the device has to be useful, playful, and beautiful. —  Mobile Opportunity
  • It didn't matter to selectmen whether the contact that Hingham police Lt. Kris Phillips made with a light plant employee was playful, accidental or intentional. —  The Patriot Ledger Home RSS
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  1. from ME.pleiful; from play + -ful.
 

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/ˈpleɪfəl/
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