playful Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective full of fun and high spirits
    • playful children just let loose from school

WordNet

Play"ful adjective
Definitions
  1. Sportive; gamboling; frolicsome; indulging a sportive fancy; humorous; merry; as, a playful child; a playful writer. -- Play"ful*ly, adv. -- Play"ful*ness, n.

Webster 1913