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It was plain that these feet had kicked off sportive children oftener than they had plodded with freight through miry lanes.
ENGLISH: COMPOSITION AND LITERATUREW. F. (WILLIAM FRANKLIN) WEBSTERCelebrate the bull among the cows, for it is the sportive host of the Maruts; he grew as he tasted the rain.
SACRED BOOKS OF THE EASTVARIOUSThey the sportive, the roaring, with bright spears, the shakers of the clouds have themselves glorified their greatness.
SACRED BOOKS OF THE EASTVARIOUSThe theory was charming in itself, and only a woman like Edith, whose fancy had always been sportive, would have dreamed it.
THE ART OF DISAPPEARINGJOHN TALBOT SMITHHe is restless as the ocean, impelled by every contrary wind, and tossed about by every sportive billow.
FEMALE SCRIPTURE BIOGRAPHIES, VOL. IFRANCIS AUGUSTUS COXHe becomes restless as the ocean, impelled by every contrary wind, and tost about by every sportive billow.
FEMALE SCRIPTURE BIOGRAPHIES, VOL. IIFRANCIS AUGUSTUS COXHer natural volatility and satirical humour are now transformed to chastened vivacity and the sportive sallies of innocent wit.
THE SHEEPFOLD AND THE COMMON, VOL. II (OF 2)TIMOTHY EASTUp, up they rise on sportive wing, till the straining eye can no longer distinguish them, and they are gone!
HUDSON BAYR.M. BALLANTYNETheir sportive fancy that they were guests in the hotel and nothing ailed the world just then held true.
THE HOSTS OF THE AIRJOSEPH A. ALTSHELERTruth, I have a pretty sportive conceit new crept into my brain, will move excellent mirth.
THE MERMAID SERIES. EDITED BY H. ELLIS. THE BEST PLAYS OF THE OLD DRAMATISTS. THOMAS DEKKER. EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY ERNEST RHYS.THOMAS DEKKERWORDS RELATED TO SPORTIVE
- active
- acute
- alert
- athletic
- brisk
- buoyant
- bustling
- clever
- dexterous
- easy-moving
- energetic
- fleet
- frisky
- limber
- lithe
- lively
- mercurial
- prompt
- quick
- quick on the draw
- quick on the trigger
- quick-witted
- rapid
- ready
- sharp
- spirited
- sportive
- spright
- sprightly
- spry
- stirring
- supple
- swift
- twinkle toes
- vigorous
- vivacious
- winged
- zippy
- amusing
- blithe
- clever
- comic
- comical
- droll
- dry
- fanciful
- farcical
- flip
- flippant
- frivolous
- funny
- gay
- humorous
- indecorous
- ironic
- irreverent
- jesting
- jocose
- jocular
- joking
- joshing
- laughable
- ludicrous
- merry
- not serious
- playful
- pleasant
- pulling one's leg
- punning
- putting one on
- ridiculous
- salty
- sarcastic
- satirical
- smart
- sportive
- sprightly
- waggish
- whimsical
- wisecracking
- witty
- wry
- bawdy
- careless
- debauched
- depraved
- devil-may-care
- dissipated
- dissolute
- easy
- extravagant
- flirtatious
- frivolous
- gadabout
- giddy
- incontinent
- indecent
- intemperate
- lascivious
- lecherous
- lewd
- libertine
- libidinous
- licentious
- light
- loose
- lustful
- profligate
- rakish
- reckless
- salacious
- self-gratifying
- self-indulgent
- sportive
- sporty
- unchaste
- wanton
- wild
- bawdy
- careless
- debauched
- depraved
- devil-may-care
- dissipated
- dissolute
- easy
- extravagant
- flirtatious
- frivolous
- gadabout
- giddy
- incontinent
- indecent
- intemperate
- lascivious
- lecherous
- lewd
- libertine
- libidinous
- licentious
- light
- loose
- lustful
- profligate
- rakish
- reckless
- salacious
- self-gratifying
- self-indulgent
- sportive
- sporty
- unchaste
- wanton
- wild
- bawdy
- careless
- debauched
- depraved
- devil-may-care
- dissipated
- dissolute
- easy
- extravagant
- flirtatious
- frivolous
- gadabout
- giddy
- incontinent
- indecent
- intemperate
- lascivious
- lecherous
- lewd
- libertine
- libidinous
- licentious
- light
- loose
- lustful
- profligate
- rakish
- reckless
- salacious
- self-gratifying
- self-indulgent
- sportive
- sporty
- unchaste
- wanton
- wild
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.