playfully

«playfully» in Mova's school dictionary: in a joking, teasing way, as if for fun and not to hurt — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adverb (playfully; more playfully, most playfully)

meaning for a pupil

Playfully means in a joking, teasing way, as if for fun and not to hurt. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories a dog or a man shows a mood of fun: he taps someone on the shoulder playfully, or frisks playfully about

examples

• The miller slapped the hunter on the shoulder playfully. tree →
• The dog frisked playfully about the yard. tree →
• The child shook his fist playfully at the old man. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «playfully» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.