frisky
adjective
lively; frolicsome; playful.
friskily
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a word derived from
frisky.
Example Sentences
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Here he applies his rich baritone to the refrains of “Teenage Dream” as his newly invented character, Lance, an uppity French nobleman, cavorts friskily with old flame Angelique.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 2022
Lee's previous work has been so rambunctiously daring — "The Shipment" experiments friskily with minstrelsy, "We're Gonna Die" turns existential anguish into cabaret — that "Straight White Men" can seem tame by comparison.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2015
At least it’s a good joke: the impressive displays of acrobatic tippling play friskily upon the idea that these hardy explorers do not lose their courage when on home shores.
From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2013
Liverpool fans have stopped going mad and now seem deliriously happy instead, like friskily remarried divorcees in blooming middle age.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 12, 2011
It seems as if he must have bewitched the rats which crawl friskily about him, one perching on his shoulders.
From Rembrandt A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter with Introduction and Interpretation by Estelle M. (Estelle May) Hurll
