Playfully

Examples

• I used once to see pictures in the fire,' said Lizzie playfully, 'to please my brother. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I say, George, it's almost a pity, isn't it, she said, as she held up some of it, playfully,--pity it's all got to come off? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• She kneeled down playfully by the side of the bed, and laying her chin upon her hands, and laughing, said: 'What was it they said, Davy? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Then I playfully tried verbal instruction in domestic matters, as we walked about on a Saturday afternoon. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Tippins, letting down the window, playfully extols the vigilance of her cavalier in being in waiting there to hand her out. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Mr. Jackson's fingers wandered playfully round his nose at this portion of his discourse, to warn his hearers that he was speaking ironically. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Yes, sir, for instance,' Bella playfully rejoined; 'but should I exercise the power, for instance? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• For my part, said Helena of Melnos playfully, I think your modern reading of the story is charming. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• I don't feel as if I were subtle, said Dorothea, playfully. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Oh, you naughty man,' exclaimed Mrs. Leo Hunter, playfully tapping the editor's arm with her fan (Minerva with a fan! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Alfred, you know,' hinted Mrs Lammle, playfully shaking her head. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• N--no,' returned Wegg, shaking his head at once observantly, thoughtfully, and playfully. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Come, then, said she, bending to invite the fall, and when it was playfully advanced above her head, bounding out of reach like some little chamois. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Then he fell to talking playfully with Jenny Wren. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• There is the more need for you to stay, said Rosamond, playfully, and in her lightest accent; he will not speak to me all the evening. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Mr. Fairlie shook the silver smelling-bottle at me playfully. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Always agreeable to see that relation playfully maintained. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Playfully, I become as one slain and hidden. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I expect to hear of the marriage, said Rosamond, playfully. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Cruel charmer,' and Mr. Jingle skipped playfully up to the spinster aunt, imprinted a chaste kiss upon her lips, and danced out of the room. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• You can have your droll name again, playfully pointing you out and setting you apart, as it is right that you should be pointed out and set apart. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• As she gave it to me playfully,--for her darker mood had been but Momentary,--I held it and put it to my lips. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Why, my little Lady Protectress, said he, playfully, what is this you say? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Just a little, my old cousin--here, she said, playfully sweeping her hand across her heart. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I was very fond of doing as I liked, but I have almost given it up, she ended, smiling playfully. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I cannot describe the tenderness with which he spoke to her, half playfully yet all the more compassionately and mournfully. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Then he sat down by Richard and half playfully, half earnestly, quite naturally and easily, found out how he felt and where he had been all day. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• All women are angels, they say,' murmured the lady playfully. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• And the stout gentleman playfully inserted his elbow between the ribs of Mr. Pickwick, and laughed very heartily. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The young gentleman smiled, as if to intimate that the latter fragments of discourse were playfully ironical; and finished the beer as he did so. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.

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