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Antonyms for sportively
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : spawr-tiv, spohr- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈspɔr tɪv, ˈspoʊr- |
Definition of sportively
Origin :- 1580s, from sport + -ive. Related: Sportively; sportiveness.
- As in cheerfully : adv cheerily
- As in happily : adv with joy, pleasure
- I'm sportively pretending that I can press it back into shape.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Addressing her sportively, Krishna said, For whom are you carrying that unguent?
- Extract from : « Curiosities of Superstition » by W. H. Davenport Adams
- This is said gayly, or sportively, as keeping up the idea of a knight-errant.
- Extract from : « The Lady of the Lake » by Sir Walter Scott
- "We seem to have drifted into the world of nothing," says I sportively.
- Extract from : « The Admirable Lady Biddy Fane » by Frank Barrett
- Don Pedro, the Prince of Arragon, sportively offers himself.
- Extract from : « Garrick's Pupil » by Auguston Filon
- "I promise to be careful to obey orders," he answered, sportively.
- Extract from : « Elsie's Womanhood » by Martha Finley
- But instead of sportively performing, these two friars insisted, with sedate countenances, that they were men of God.
- Extract from : « A Short History of Monks and Monasteries » by Alfred Wesley Wishart
- "Early Scotch woodcock, I suppose," says I, sportively alluding to the proverb.
- Extract from : « Punch, Or The London Charivari, VOL. 103, November 26, 1892 » by Various
- All these quick and lively sallies were said sportively, quite in jest, and with a smile, which showed that he meant only wit.
- Extract from : « The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 » by Ministry of Education
- The little fires were sportively burning outside of each teepee, where the morning meal had been prepared.
- Extract from : « Red Hunters And the Animal People » by Charles A. Eastman
Synonyms for sportively
- agreeably
- airily
- blissfully
- blithely
- brightly
- buoyantly
- cheerfully
- contentedly
- delightedly
- delightfully
- devotedly
- elatedly
- enthusiastically
- exhilaratingly
- exultantly
- freely
- gaily
- genially
- gladly
- gleefully
- graciously
- happily
- heartily
- hilariously
- hopefully
- jovially
- joyfully
- joyously
- laughingly
- lightheartedly
- lightly
- lovingly
- merrily
- mirthfully
- optimistically
- peacefully
- playfully
- pleasantly
- readily
- sincerely
- smilingly
- sportively
- vivaciously
- willingly
- with relish
- with zeal
- zestfully
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