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more sportive

ADJECTIVE

playful and fair

Synonyms

WEAK

antic coltish considerate devil-may-care frisky frolicsome full of fun game gamesome gay generous impish jaunty joyous larkish lively merry mischievous reasonable roguish rollicking sportspersonlike sprightly square wild

Antonyms

WEAK

unfair unplayful unsporting

ADJECTIVE

lively

Synonyms

WEAK

boon festive frisky frolicsome game gamesome jocular merry prankish sprightly wanton

Antonyms

WEAK

solemn staid

Example Sentences

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And is there a consciousness more sportive and splendid than Tom Stoppard’s?

From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2018

Almost at its door is a stream stocked with rainbow trout �a fish far more sportive than Adirondack pike.

From Time Magazine Archive

Think how much more sportive that will be!

From Jack of Both Sides The Story of a School War by Pearse, S. B.

Fishing Now that our heavy labours in building our hut and securing our supply of food were over, we had leisure to indulge ourselves in lighter and more sportive avocations.

From Palm Tree Island by Strang, Herbert

The air was clear and invigorating; I was feeling braced up and buoyant; and as for Jip and Bang, I never saw them in a more sportive, energetic mood.

From Betty Grier by Waugh, Joseph Laing