sportiveness

Example Sentences

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Like Sister Sylvester’s 2014 karaoke play, “Dead Behind These Eyes,” this show sugarcoats its serious intent with oddball sportiveness.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2015

This sportiveness, not common in algae, makes it an entertaining pet.

From Time Magazine Archive

There had always been method of a sort in his sportiveness.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sibijaan's sportiveness almost costs his life—How Tuys became the friend of Buno—Labotsibeni endorsed as regent of Swaziland—Umzulek plots to seize the throne—The Boers invade Swaziland—Tuys dictates peace between the queens—Umzulek gets his lesson.

From Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer by O'Neil, Owen Rowe

"Did you want me, grandpapa?" said the young girl, entering, and addressing him by the title she had one day given him in sportiveness, and which he liked to be called by.

From One Of Them by Lever, Charles James