Usually means: Engaging in fun and games.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word playful:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. playful: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. playful: Merriam-Webster
  3. playful: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. playful: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. playful: Collins English Dictionary
  6. playful: Vocabulary.com
  7. Playful, playful: Wordnik
  8. playful: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. playful: Wiktionary
  10. playful: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. playful: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. playful: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Playful, playful: Dictionary.com
  14. playful: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Playful: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Playful: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. playful: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. playful: Rhymezone
  19. playful: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. playful: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. playful: FreeDictionary.org
  22. playful: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. playful: TheFreeDictionary.com

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

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. playful: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See playfully as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  liking play, prone to play frequently, such as a child or kitten; rather sportive.
adjective:  funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome, frisky.
adjective:  fun, recreational, not serious.
adjective:  experimental.

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