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playfull

playfull is the archaic form of playful.

Meaning of playful

Adjective

playful (comparative playfuller or more playful, superlative playfullest or most playful)

  1. Enjoying play; sportive; prone to playing frequently, in the manner of a child or young pet (viz. puppy or kitten).
    • Actually, we are pretty playful in our romantic life.
  2. Funny; humorous; jesty; frolicsome; frisky.
    • John is a playful fellow.
  3. Fun; recreational; unserious.
    • A brainteaser is a playful puzzle posed as a test of intelligence.
  4. Experimental.
    • He was a rather playful artist.

Forms of playfull

comparativemore playfull
superlativemost playfull

Questions about playfull

What is playfull the archaic form of?
Playfull is the archaic form of playful.

Words near playfull in the dictionary

  1. playframes
  2. playfriend
  3. playfriends
  4. playful
  5. playful as a kitten
  6. playfull
  7. playfuller
  8. playfullest
  9. playfully
  10. playfulness
  11. playfulnesses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: playfull (page history and authors); playful (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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