Etymology

playingly

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Today it means: In play; without seriousness; playfully. Full definition →

Middle English pleiingli
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  1. Middle English · inherited frompleiingli
  2. English todayplayingly

From Middle English pleiingli, equivalent to playing + -ly.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.