sportively

ADVERB

cheerfully

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blithely brightly gaily genially gladly gleefully happily joyfully merrily optimistically playfully pleasantly readily willingly

WEAK

airily buoyantly elatedly hopefully jovially lightheartedly mirthfully vivaciously

Antonyms

STRONGEST

sadly unhappily

WEAK

gloomily grudgingly unwillingly

ADVERB

happily

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blissfully blithely cheerfully contentedly enthusiastically freely gladly gleefully graciously heartily joyfully joyously lovingly merrily peacefully playfully willingly

WEAK

agreeably brightly buoyantly delightedly delightfully devotedly elatedly exhilaratingly exultantly gaily hilariously jovially laughingly lightheartedly lightly optimistically sincerely smilingly vivaciously with relish with zeal zestfully

Antonyms

WEAK

unhappily unluckily unsuccessfully

Example Sentences

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Sportively, the Arch-Community-Songster caught hold of it, sportively he pulled, pulled.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

Sportively began the damsels—all around to chase the birds; Scattering flew the swans before them—all about the lovely grove.

From Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems by Milman, Henry Hart

Sportively as the words were uttered, her eyes flashed and her cheek colored, and Conyers saw for the first time how she resembled her portrait in infancy.

From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James

Thus we read in the Cosmogony of Menu,— 'Numerous world-developments there are, creation and extermination; Sportively he produces either, the highest Creator for ever and ever.'

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

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