playfully

playfully

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English playful
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English playfully

    From playful + -ly.

    Adverb

    playfully (comparative more playfully, superlative most playfully)

    1. In a playful manner.
      • 2008 January 14, Pat Borzi, “Youth and Age Blend Well for Packers in Playoffs”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
        In the late stages of the Green Bay Packers’ snowswept 42-20 playoff victory over Seattle on Saturday, Brett Favre and Donald Driver playfully engaged in a snowball fight.

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