sportfully (comparative more sportfully, superlative most sportfully)
(archaic) playfully
Source: Wiktionary
Sport"ful, a.
1. Full of sport; merry; frolicsome; full of jesting; indulging in mirth or play; playful; wanton; as, a sportful companion. Down he alights among the sportful herd. Milton.
2. Done in jest, or for mere play; sportive. They are no sportful productions of the soil. Bentley.
– Sport"ful*ly, adv.
– Sport"ful*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 December 2024
(verb) commit fraud and steal from one’s employer; “We found out that she had been fiddling for years”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
