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frolicky

frolicky adjective: frolicsome.

Adjective

frolicky (comparative more frolicky, superlative most frolicky)

  1. frolicsome
    • Now , Belford , although there is nothing striking in any of these characters ; yet may we , at a pinch , make a good frolicky half - day with them1748, [Samuel Richardson], Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC
    • DERRICK: You should be with some fun, frolicky guy. And I should be with someone I don't make crazy.
    • JOHN: I don't want someone fun and frolicky. I want you.2020, Alex Bernstein, Miserable Love Stories

Forms of frolicky

comparativemore frolicky
superlativemost frolicky

Origin of frolicky

From frolic + -y.

Questions about frolicky

What does frolicky mean?
Frolicky means frolicsome.
What part of speech is frolicky?
Frolicky is an adjective.

Words near frolicky in the dictionary

  1. frolickings
  2. frolicks
  3. frolicksome
  4. frolicksomely
  5. frolicksomeness
  6. frolicky
  7. frolicly
  8. frolicness
  9. frolics
  10. frolicsome
  11. frolicsomely

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