ˈplayfully, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a playful or sportive manner; jokingly.
| 1791 Boswell Johnson 15 May an. 1776, I mentioned a scheme..of making a tour to the Isle of Man..; and that Mr. Burke had playfully suggested as a motto, ‘The proper study of Mankind is Man’. 1845 Ford Handbk. Spain i. 87 Picaro, picara, rogue (may be used playfully). 1875 Jowett Plato (ed. 2) IV. 59 We playfully threatened that you should not be allowed to go home until the question was settled. |