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Definition of Sporty

1. Adjective. Exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play. "Sportsmanlike conduct"

2. Adjective. (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display.

3. Adjective. Appropriate for sport or engagement in a sport.

Definition of Sporty

1. Adjective. Favourable to sports ¹

2. Adjective. Flashy in appearance. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sporty

1. showy [adj SPORTIER, SPORTIEST] : SPORTILY [adv] - See also: showy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sporty

sportspersons sportspersonship sportswear sportswears sportswoman sportswomanlike sportswomanship sportswomen sportswriter sportswriters

sportswriting sportswritings sportulary sportule sportules sporty (current term) sporular sporulate sporulated sporulates

sporulating sporulation sporulation-specific cell wall hydrolase sporulations sporulative sporule sporules sporuliferous spose sposed

Literary usage of Sporty

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

1. Godey's Magazine by Louis Antoine Godey, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1896)
"Brainard apologized, one of the men made an ill- natured remark, to which Brainard gave A sporty-looking drummer arose from the table. the corner got up, ..."

2. The Law of Pure Food and Drugs, National and State: With Appendices by William Wheeler Thornton (1912)
"sporty Days Invigorator. A substance was labeled "sporty Days Invigorator," but nothing upon the label showed that it contained alcohol, which it did. ..."

3. Blue Law Ballads: A Purge for Puritans by Sinners Club, Cincinnati (1922)
"... THE REFLECTIONS OF A sporty PURITAN Ye bright little girls With peroxidized curls And cuticle covered with pigment and powder— How often I wonder And ..."

4. Blue Law Ballads: A Purge for Puritans by Sinners Club, Cincinnati (1922)
"... THE REFLECTIONS OF A sporty PURITAN Ye bright little girls W-ith peroxidized curls And cuticle covered with pigment and powder— How often I wonder And ..."

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