sportiveness
- a word derived from sportive.
Example Sentences
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Like Sister Sylvester’s 2014 karaoke play, “Dead Behind These Eyes,” this show sugarcoats its serious intent with oddball sportiveness.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2015
This sportiveness, not common in algae, makes it an entertaining pet.
From Time Magazine Archive
There had always been method of a sort in his sportiveness.
From Time Magazine Archive
His sportiveness and disinclination to religious seriousness gave his mother some anxiety, and she would look at him, says his biographer, with a half mournful admiration, and exclaim, "O Washington! if you were only good!"
From Washington Irving by Warner, Charles Dudley
Sibijaan's sportiveness almost costs his life—How Tuys became the friend of Buno—Labotsibeni endorsed as regent of Swaziland—Umzulek plots to seize the throne—The Boers invade Swaziland—Tuys dictates peace between the queens—Umzulek gets his lesson.
From Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer by O'Neil, Owen Rowe
