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Meanings of say sportively in English

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Usage of say sportively in English
1
This was said sportively, yet it was evident there was vanity lurking at the bottom.
Tales of a Traveller
2
He remained some minutes with his eyes closed; then reopening them, and shaking his beautiful head with its long curls, he said sportively:
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3
All these quick and lively sallies were said sportively, quite in jest, and with a smile, which showed that he meant only wit.
Boswell's Life of Johnson / Abridged and edited, with an introdu...