Crossword clues for sportiveness
sportiveness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sportiveness
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.
Wiktionary
sportiveness
n. the state of being sportive
WordNet
sportiveness
n. lively high-spirited playfulness [syn: friskiness, frolicsomeness]
Usage examples of "sportiveness".
He had his hands on his hips and was quietly chuckling at the scene before him, as one who, although old, sympathized with the natural and harmless sportiveness of young people and would as lief as not join in a prank or two.
You are always diverting, and if your sportiveness leads you now and then to say some odd things I fancy I am too well-acquainted with you to believe you mean them.