单词 | sportive |
释义 | sportive —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 of the nature of a sport or sports. 4. Biol. mutative. 5. Archaic. ardent; wanton. [1580-90; SPORT + -IVE] Syn. 1. jocular, gay, sprightly, frisky. |
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