push playfully

Frequency: 6.98.9 per million words

To exert force on someone to move them away, but in a non-aggressive, joking manner.

playfullyVERB + playfully

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Examples (10)

  • He would often push her playfully when they were joking around.
  • She playfully pushed him aside to get to the cookie jar.
  • The children playfully pushed each other into the pool.
  • With a laugh, he pushed his friend playfully towards the door.
  • Don't take it seriously; she just playfully pushed you.
  • They were wrestling and playfully pushing one another.
  • He didn't mean to hurt her; he was just playfully pushing her.
  • During their banter, she might playfully push his shoulder.
  • He tried to playfully push her towards the dance floor.
  • The siblings would often push and shove playfully during their games.