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Playful

Sportive; gamboling; frolicsome; indulging a sportive fancy; humorous; merry; as, a playful child; a playful writer.

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Arch 84% connected

Any part of a curved line.

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Arch 84% connected

Any part of a curved line.

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Coltish 84% connected

Like a colt; wanton; frisky.

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Coltish 84% connected

Like a colt; wanton; frisky.

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Devilish 84% connected

Resembling, characteristic of, or pertaining to, the devil; diabolical; wicked in the extreme.

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Devilish 84% connected

Resembling, characteristic of, or pertaining to, the devil; diabolical; wicked in the extreme.

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Elfin 84% connected

Relating to elves.

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Elfin 84% connected

Relating to elves.

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Elfish 84% connected

Of or relating to the elves; elflike; implike; weird; scarcely human; mischievous, as though caused by elves.

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Elfish 84% connected

Of or relating to the elves; elflike; implike; weird; scarcely human; mischievous, as though caused by elves.

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Elvish 84% connected

Pertaining to elves; implike; mischievous; weird; also, vacant; absent in demeanor. See Elfish.

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Elvish 84% connected

Pertaining to elves; implike; mischievous; weird; also, vacant; absent in demeanor. See Elfish.

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Frisky 84% connected

Inclined to frisk; frolicsome; gay.

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Frisky 84% connected

Inclined to frisk; frolicsome; gay.

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Frolicky 84% connected

Frolicsome.

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Frolicky 84% connected

Frolicsome.

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Frolicsome 84% connected

Full of gayety and mirth; given to pranks; sportive.

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Frolicsome 84% connected

Full of gayety and mirth; given to pranks; sportive.

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Kittenish 84% connected

Resembling a kitten; playful; as, a kittenish disposition.

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Kittenish 84% connected

Resembling a kitten; playful; as, a kittenish disposition.

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Mischievous 84% connected

Causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; -- now often applied where the evil is done carelessly or in sport; as, a mischievous child.

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Mischievous 84% connected

Causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; -- now often applied where the evil is done carelessly or in sport; as, a mischievous child.

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Mocking 84% connected

of Mock

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Mocking 84% connected

of Mock

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Prankish 84% connected

Full of pranks; frolicsome.

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Prankish 84% connected

Full of pranks; frolicsome.

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Puckish 84% connected

Resembling Puck; merry; mischievous.

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Puckish 84% connected

Resembling Puck; merry; mischievous.

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Quizzical 84% connected

Relating to quizzing: given to quizzing; of the nature of a quiz; farcical; sportive.

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Quizzical 84% connected

Relating to quizzing: given to quizzing; of the nature of a quiz; farcical; sportive.

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Rascally 84% connected

Like a rascal; trickish or dishonest; base; worthless; -- often in humorous disparagement, without implication of dishonesty.

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Rascally 84% connected

Like a rascal; trickish or dishonest; base; worthless; -- often in humorous disparagement, without implication of dishonesty.

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Roguish 84% connected

Vagrant.

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Roguish 84% connected

Vagrant.

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Rollicking 84% connected

of Rollic

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Rollicking 84% connected

of Rollic

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Sportive 84% connected

Tending to, engaged in, or provocate of, sport; gay; froliscome; playful; merry.

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Sportive 84% connected

Tending to, engaged in, or provocate of, sport; gay; froliscome; playful; merry.

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Teasing 84% connected

of Tease

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Teasing 84% connected

of Tease

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Wicked 84% connected

Having a wick; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp.

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Wicked 84% connected

Having a wick; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp.

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Fun 66% connected

Sport; merriment; frolicsome amusement.

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Fun 66% connected

Sport; merriment; frolicsome amusement.

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Sober 94% connected

Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man.

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Sober 94% connected

Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man.

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