sport
noun
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
sportfully
-
a word derived from
sport.
Example Sentences
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I was in the mood when one tries sportfully to deceive one's self as to the depth and intensity of the emotion within.
From Aylwin by Theodore Watts-Dunton
For the purpose of the present inquiry I also omit all the rites of leaping sportfully, and of driving cattle through light fires.
From Modern Mythology by Andrew Lang
In a play, "The Rovers," he sportfully satirized the romantic drama of Schiller, "The Robbers."
From William Pitt and the Great War by John Holland Rose
My stature gives no inch I throw away; My supple joints play free and sportfully; I’m every atom what a man should be.
From The Love-chase by Henry Morley
The boy stands astonished, his impressions guide him; he learns sportfully, seriousness comes on him by surprise.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 by Various
