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Adverb
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Doncic playfully slapped Maxi Kleber on the back of the head when Kleber was shooting during a Game 4 timeout.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026 -
Penguins darted beneath us, marine iguanas grazed on algae, and sea lions twirled playfully in the water.—
David Morris,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The taut nail-biter is well-acted, crafted with skill and briskly paced, running a tight 95 minutes.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Apr. 2026
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Under the direction and choreography of Christopher Gattelli, the show moves briskly, with energetic staging that embraces the heightened reality of its setting.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The song's interplay between choir and orchestra is buoyantly euphoric, opening a door to bolder, more intentionally progressive and soulful sounds in the country's mainstream.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
2 May 2025
Adverb
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The horse, not sensing any guidance on its ribcage, begins to move skittishly in tight, concentric circles.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Feb. 2026
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While skittishly edited, the film nevertheless builds up Faithfull’s biography in basic chronological order.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Halle Bailey is winsome and sprightly as Anna, a once-aspiring chef now reduced to working as a house sitter for wealthy clients in New York.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
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Its cast is exactly the sprightly ensemble needed to land its what-if laughs.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Still, while these surfaces are clearly meant to reflect deeper emotional and cultural truths, Coppola’s mining of them is done glancingly, airily.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Friskily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/friskily. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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