sportively
1Sportively — Sportive Sport ive ( [i^]v), a. Tending to, engaged in, or provocative of, sport; gay; frolicsome; playful; merry. [1913 Webster] Is it I That drive thee from the sportive court? Shak. [1913 Webster] {Sport ive*ly}, adv. {Sport ive*ness}, n.… …
2sportively — adverb see sportive …
3sportively — See sportive. * * * …
4sportively — adverb In a sportive way See Also: sportiveness …
5sportively — adv. in a sportive manner; playfully, gaily, merrily …
6sportively — spor·tive·ly …
7sportively — adverb in a merry sportive manner • Derived from adjective: ↑coltish …
8sportive — sportively, adv. sportiveness; Archaic. sportability, n. /spawr tiv, spohr /, adj. 1. playful or frolicsome; jesting, jocose, or merry: a sportive puppy. 2. done in sport, rather than in earnest: a sportive show of affection. 3. pertaining to or… …
9April — A pril, n. [L. Aprilis. OE. also Averil, F. Avril, fr. L. Aprilis.] 1. The fourth month of the year. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: With reference to April being the month in which vegetation begins to put forth, the variableness of its weather, etc.… …
10April fool — April A pril, n. [L. Aprilis. OE. also Averil, F. Avril, fr. L. Aprilis.] 1. The fourth month of the year. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: With reference to April being the month in which vegetation begins to put forth, the variableness of its weather,… …
