Definition of Sportive

1. Adjective. Relating to or interested in sports.

Partainyms: Sport

2. Adjective. Given to merry frolicking. "Frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes"
Exact synonyms: Coltish, Frolicky, Frolicsome, Rollicking
Similar to: Playful
Derivative terms: Frolicsomeness, Sportiveness

Definition of Sportive

1. a. Tending to, engaged in, or provocate of, sport; gay; froliscome; playful; merry.

Definition of Sportive

1. Adjective. gay; frolicsome; merry ¹

2. Adjective. Playful, coltish. ¹

3. Adjective. Interested in sport. ¹

4. Adjective. Sporty, good at sport. ¹

5. Noun. (cycling) cyclosportive ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sportive

1. playful [adj] - See also: playful

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sportive

sportiest
sportif
sportily
sportiness
sportinesses
sporting
sporting chance
sporting dog
sporting goods
sporting house
sporting houses
sporting lady
sporting life
sporting man
sportingly
sportive (current term)
sportively
sportiveness
sportivenesses
sportless
sportlike
sportling
sportlings
sportponies
sportpony
sports
sports announcer
sports arena
sports bra
sports bras

Literary usage of Sportive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Bookman (1903)
"current of sportive humour and demonstrating his superlative talents as a comic musician. Outside of his especial field, Offenbach cut a small figure. ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1801)
"... Contention, urg'cl in sportive mood ; And flattery, that blinds the sense : A thousand toys, by lovers serious deem'd, ..."

3. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1884)
"... Behind the Plough — The Indian Maiden of Fiction — Wrestling with the sportive Hoe — A Square Day's Work — The Chopping Match — Startling Facts. ..."

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