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View synonyms for sportive
sportive
[ spawr-tiv, spohr- ]
sportive
/ ˈspɔːtɪv /
adjective
- playful or joyous
- done in jest rather than seriously
- of, relating to, or interested in sports
- obsolete.wanton or amorous
a sportive wench
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Derived Forms
- ˈsportiveness, noun
- ˈsportively, adverb
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Other Words From
- sportive·ly adverb
- sportive·ness Archaic, sporta·bili·ty noun
- un·sportive adjective
- un·sportive·ly adverb
- un·sportive·ness noun
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Example Sentences
With trees swaying in the gentle breeze and birds and butterflies gamboling in the setting sun, it would be foolish not to fall into sportive line.
From Los Angeles Times
She was strumming her guitar and in the middle of a sportive preamble to the first surprise song of the show.
From Salon
“With no thought of buying, the eye is sportive and generous; it creates; it adorns; it enhances,” Woolf writes.
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Etape Loch Ness is Scotland's largest closed road cycle sportive, taking cyclists on a route around the Loch, finishing in Inverness.
From BBC
The sportive rhythm of the show doesn’t preclude tragedy.
From Los Angeles Times
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