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Meanings of
sportive
in английском
Given to merry frolicking.
rollicking
frolicsome
coltish
frolicky
Related terms
playful
Diversion.
diversion
Related terms
recreation
Usage of
sportive
in английском
1
The red coals passed away and the
sportive
flames ceased to dance.
2
The coals glowed deep red, and the
sportive
flames danced before him.
3
The Fates have always been
sportive
so far as I was concerned.
4
I am not in a
sportive
humour now: where is the money?
5
His fancy was brilliant and
sportive
,
and his imagination varied and fantastic.
6
Ideally, of course, weeds should never reach this state of
sportive
rankness.
7
It manufactures a range of children's clothing in
sportive
and day-to-day styles.
8
Gideon Fish after gorging himself with jelly-cake, was inclined to be
sportive
.
9
Many poems, serious and
sportive
,
appeared, of which one only has lived.
10
The gay frolic of her
sportive
flight set them flashing like diamonds.
11
He shook his head in
sportive
refusal; she still appeared anxious, but acquiesced.
12
The day came when Mrs. Todd risked her life in our
sportive
company.
13
Nature must have been in a
sportive
mood when she evolved the durian.
14
The child-nature in her is so sunny,
sportive
,
so bent on harmless mischief.
15
A certain girl, excelling in her charms unrivalled, dallies with the
sportive
Krishna
16
It was now not a
sportive
combat, but a war to the death.
Other examples for "sportive"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
sportive
Adjective
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
sportive mood
sportive tone
sportive fancy
sportive vein
sportive youth
More collocations
Sportive
through the time
Sportive
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common