Definition of Sportiveness

1. Noun. Lively high-spirited playfulness.

Exact synonyms: Friskiness, Frolicsomeness
Generic synonyms: Fun, Playfulness
Derivative terms: Frisky, Frolicsome, Sportive

Definition of Sportiveness

1. Noun. the state of being sportive ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sportiveness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sportiveness

sportily
sportiness
sportinesses
sporting
sporting chance
sporting dog
sporting goods
sporting house
sporting houses
sporting lady
sporting life
sporting man
sportingly
sportive
sportively
sportiveness (current term)
sportivenesses
sportless
sportlike
sportling
sportlings
sportponies
sportpony
sports
sports announcer
sports arena
sports bra
sports bras
sports car
sports cars

Literary usage of Sportiveness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D: Including A Journal of His Tour to the by James Boswell, John Wilson Croker (1846)
"... there was on his part not the least anger, but a good-humoured sportiveness. Nav, though he knew of his lordship's indisposition towards him, ..."

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