† aplayadv.
Obsolete.
In play.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > lack of seriousness > [adverb]
agamec1300
bourdfullya1400
in sportc1450
aplay1459
bourdly1500
in jest1551
bourdingly1552
sportingly1561
jestingly1569
sportingwise1579
sportfullya1586
sportively1656
for fun1750
flippantly1758
pour rire1872
1459 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) Introd. 39 [He] said, halfe apley, Prey my brother to gett somwhat to my new chappell.
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