Usually means: In a light-hearted, fun manner.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word playfully:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. playfully: Merriam-Webster
  2. playfully: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. playfully: Collins English Dictionary
  4. playfully: Vocabulary.com
  5. Playfully, playfully: Wordnik
  6. playfully: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. playfully: Wiktionary
  8. playfully: Dictionary.com
  9. playfully: Rhymezone
  10. playfully: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. playfully: FreeDictionary.org
  12. playfully: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. playfully: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. playfully: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (playfully)

▸ adverb:  In a playful manner.

Similar:
unplayfully, playingly, playsomely, frolicsomely, facetiously, jocosely, toyishly, jokefully, jocundly, toyingly, more...

Opposite:
seriously, solemnly, gravely, earnestly

Types:
teasingly, jokingly, mockingly, banteringly, more...

Phrases:
to say something playfully, playfully irreverent, tease playfully, said playfully, bite playfully, more...

Colors:
    bubblegum pink,     lemon yellow,     sky blue,     mint green,     lavender, more...



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Similar:
unplayfully, playingly, playsomely, frolicsomely, facetiously, jocosely, toyishly, jokefully, jocundly, toyingly, more...

Opposite:
seriously, solemnly, gravely, earnestly

Types:
teasingly, jokingly, mockingly, banteringly, more...

Phrases:
to say something playfully, playfully irreverent, tease playfully, said playfully, bite playfully, playfully roguish, say playfully, run playfully, playfully hit, playfully dominant, run about playfully, more...

Colors:
    bubblegum pink,     lemon yellow,     sky blue,     mint green,     lavender, more...



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