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
“Camelot,” directed by Gary Griffin, more friskily forages in ancient history, taking a slyly humorous attitude toward its legendary subject matter.
From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2011
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
Chum had been friskily happy to see his long-absent god again.
From His Dog by Albert Payson Terhune
