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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sportive \Sport"ive\ (-[i^]v), adjective Tending to, engaged in, or provocative of, sport; gay; frolicsome; playful; merry.
Is it I That drive thee from the sportive court? --Shak. -- {Sport"ive*ly}, adverb -- {Sport"ive*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sportive
adjective
1: relating to or interested in sports
2: given to merry frolicking; "frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes" [syn: {coltish}, {frolicsome}, {frolicky}, {rollicking}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "sportive": animated, antic, arch, blithe, buoyant, capering, capersome, cavorting, coltish, devilish, elfish, elvish, exuberant, foolish, frisky, frolicsome, full of beans, full of mischief, gamesome, gay, gleeful, hearty, high-spirited, impish, kittenish, knavish, larkish, light-hearted, lively, merry, mischief-loving, mischievous, playful, prankish, pranksome, pranky, puckish, roguish, rollicking, rollicksome, rompish, scampish, scapegrace, skittish, spirited, sportful, sprightly, trickish, tricksy, tricky, vital, vivacious, waggish, zestful, zippy
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