Thesaurus / sportively
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synonyms for sportively
- blissfully
- blithely
- cheerfully
- contentedly
- enthusiastically
- freely
- gladly
- gleefully
- graciously
- heartily
- joyfully
- joyously
- lovingly
- merrily
- peacefully
- playfully
- willingly
- 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 for sportively
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How to use sportively in a sentence
All these quick and lively sallies were said sportively, quite in jest, and with a smile, which showed that he meant only wit.
THE ONTARIO READERS: THE HIGH SCHOOL READER, 1886MINISTRY OF EDUCATIONThe little fires were sportively burning outside of each teepee, where the morning meal had been prepared.
RED HUNTERS AND THE ANIMAL PEOPLECHARLES A. EASTMANSportive myths are treated sportively, as in the story of Ares and Aphrodite in the Odyssey.
THE HOMERIC HYMNSANDREW LANGA little wind blew sportively around Miss Stiles' large hat.
THE CATHEDRALSIR HUGH WALPOLEHe was making love to her in a sense, sometimes sportively, sometimes plaintively, and he was difficult to resist.
A BED OF ROSESW. L. GEORGEIn one of my letters, half sportively, yet in a serious tone, I asked him ‘what he thought of the German Philosophy?’
THE KNICKERBOCKER, OR NEW-YORK MONTHLY MAGAZINE, JUNE 1844VARIOUSShe spoke sportively, benignantly, without knowing the deep truth of her words.
ERNEST LINWOODCAROLINE LEE HENTZ"Then you got time, ain't you, to buy a girl a glass o'—" She stopped and winked sportively.
WIDE COURSESJAMES BRENDAN CONNOLLYIt drops down to us; we sheer aside and slow a pace, and it lingers and dallies sportively abeam.
MERCHANTMEN-AT-ARMSDAVID W. BONEThy Muse has sportively indited what the charming fair may sing; and thy early youth has been passed amidst its own numbers.
THE AMORES, OR AMOURSOVIDWORDS RELATED TO SPORTIVELY
- agreeably
- blissfully
- blithely
- brightly
- buoyantly
- cheerfully
- contentedly
- delightedly
- delightfully
- devotedly
- elatedly
- enthusiastically
- exhilaratingly
- exultantly
- freely
- gaily
- gladly
- gleefully
- graciously
- heartily
- hilariously
- jovially
- joyfully
- joyously
- laughingly
- lightheartedly
- lightly
- lovingly
- merrily
- optimistically
- peacefully
- playfully
- sincerely
- smilingly
- sportively
- vivaciously
- willingly
- with relish
- with zeal
- zestfully
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.