单词	sportive
释义	sportive adjective sport·​ive ˈspȯr-tiv  1 a : frolicsome, playful b : ardent, wanton 2 : of or relating to sports and especially field sports sportively adverb sportiveness noun Synonyms antic coltish elfish fay frisky frolicsome larky playful rollicking sportful See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences a sportive pastor who began every sermon with a joke Recent Examples on the Web The sportive rhythm of the show doesn’t preclude tragedy. Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2022 These expedition-style vessels attract nature-minded, science-curious and sportive travelers, who revel in the great outdoors. Laura Manske, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2021 In Montagne des Français, the exclusive habitat of the northern sportive lemur—a seven-inch tall, grayish-brown animal known for its shrill screams—patrols have identified areas newly denuded for charcoal production. Dina Fine Maron, Animals, 14 Dec. 2020 About 80 percent of these sportive lemurs have been wiped out during the past two decades because of habitat loss and hunting, and fewer than a hundred are thought to survive today. Dina Fine Maron, Animals, 14 Dec. 2020 In general, the ride quality is sportive but not punishing. Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 23 June 2020 There is, from the outset, a sportive tension to the relationship between the two women. Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2020 The path there is a sportive mash-up of fact and fiction. Maya Phillips, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2020 The reader is also provided essential details about Heller’s memorial service, where to send donations, and who survives him — but even these particulars are delivered in a sportive spirit of fun-poking and wit. NBC News, 21 Sep. 2019 See More Word History First Known Use 1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1a sportive adjective as in playful given to good-natured joking or teasing a sportive pastor who began every sermon with a joke Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance playful sportful merry amusing lively entertaining antic frolicsome mischievous energetic larky elfish frisky goofy rollicking coltish fun happy fay enjoyable delightful pleasing spirited silly gay whimsical lighthearted pleasant jocund vivacious frolic sprightly impish coy knavish joking spunky kittenish roguish pleasurable pixie jocose frivolous teasing devilish jocular prankish diverting jesting trifling rascally dabbling pixy Antonyms & Near Antonyms earnest serious sober solemn sombre responsible dutiful stern serious-minded somber stolid grim formal proper decorous grave sedate sobersided staid priggish stuffy restrained starchy no-nonsense guarded inhibited See More
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