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sportive |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sportive \Sport"ive\, a. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sportive adj 1: relating to or interested in sports 2: given to merry frolicking; "frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes" [syn: {coltish}, {frolicsome}, {frolicky}, {rollicking}]
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