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English

Adjective

sportive

playful, coltish.
interest in sport.
aptitude in sport.

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Italian

Adjective

sportive

Noun

sportive

Category:Italian adjective forms Category:Italian plurals

et:sportive fr:sportive io:sportive pl:sportive ru:sportive te:sportive vi:sportive

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet sportive
adj 1: relating to or interested in sports
2: given to merry frolicking; "frolicsome students celebrated
their graduation with parties and practical jokes" [syn: coltish,
frolicsome, frolicky, rollicking]

Moby Dictionary
animated , antic , arch , blithe , buoyant , capering , capersome ,
cavorting , coltish , devilish , elfish , elvish , exuberant , foolish ,
frisky , frolicsome , full of beans , full of mischief , gamesome , gay ,
gleeful , hearty , high-spirited , impish , kittenish , knavish ,
larkish , light-hearted , lively , merry , mischief-loving ,
mischievous , playful , prankish , pranksome , pranky , puckish ,
roguish , rollicking , rollicksome , rompish , scampish , scapegrace ,
skittish , spirited , sportful , sprightly , trickish , tricksy , tricky ,
vital , vivacious , waggish , zestful , zippy