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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]:
sportively
adverb: in a merry sportive manner
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