You know, she said hi a friendly, almost playful tone, the guards on the starbase talked to me.

She had the same playful tone in her voice as Adam.

Her voice took on a more playful tone.

His Web site has a playful yet reverent tone.

"As a matter of fact," Nicole replied in the same playful tone, "I was coming to talk to you."

He'd known the patient for years and despite her playful tone, today she looked really sick.

'Someone else was looking for you,' said the professor, an almost playful tone in his voice.

Despite the playful tone of the story, what Tom does seems somehow wrong in the reader's eyes.

The magazine tries to strike a balance between a serious and playful tone, above all celebrating literature.

"You're impertinent, sir," a familiar feminine voice said in a playful tone.