SPORTIVELY

sportively

(adverb) in a merry sportive manner

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

sportively (comparative more sportively, superlative most sportively)

In a sportive way

Anagrams

• Very pistol

Source: Wiktionary


SPORTIVE

Sport"ive, a.

Definition: Tending to, engaged in, or provocate of, sport; gay; froliscome; playful; merry. Is it I That drive thee from the sportive court Shak.

– Sport"ive*ly, adv.

– Sport"ive*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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