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Sportively

Sportive \Sport"ive\ (-[i^]v), a. Tending to, engaged in, or provocative of, sport; gay; frolicsome; playful; merry.

Is it I That drive thee from the sportive court?
--Shak. [1913 Webster] -- Sport"ive*ly, adv. -- Sport"ive*ness, n.

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sportively

adv. In a sportive way

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sportively

adv. in a merry sportive manner

Usage examples of "sportively".

Indian jugglers, with the deadliest snakes sportively festooning their limbs.

Penn's partner, Stan Barker, was sodomizing Neil from behind while Penn played with his garrote, putting on the pressure till he started to black out, then sportively easing up, prolonging the agony 'a little longer.