most sportive

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But with the Pygmies he was the most sportive and humorous, and merry-hearted, and sweet-tempered old Giant that ever washed his face in a wet cloud.

From Tanglewood Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

The bishop had a large ape, of extraordinary cunning, the most sportive and mischievous creature in the world.

From Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) by Spooner, Shearjashub

I have once more begun to compose with fresh vigour, and the Italian symphony makes rapid progress; it will be the most sportive piece I have yet composed, especially the last movement.

From Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland by Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix

From the most sportive openness, a word threw it into the most indignant storm, or the most incurable despair.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 by Various

It is imagined by the sailors that they are the most sportive just before a storm.

From Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom by Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold)