SPORTFULLY

Etymology

Adverb

sportfully (comparative more sportfully, superlative most sportfully)

(archaic) playfully

Source: Wiktionary


SPORTFUL

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



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