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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPORTFUL

a. 1. Merry; frolicksome; full of jesting; indulging in mirth or play; as a sportful companion.
Down he alights among the sportful herd.
2. Ludicrous; done in jest or for mere play.
These are no sportful productions of the soil.

 

SPORTFULLY

adv. In mirth; in jest; for the sake of diversion; playfully.

 

SPORTFULNESS

n.Play; merriment; frolick; a playful disposition; playfulness; as the sportfulness of kids and lambs.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPORTFUL

SPORTFUL Sport "ful, a.

 

1. Full of sport; merry; frolicsome; full of jesting; indulging in mirth or play; playful; wanton; as, a sportful companion. Down he alights among the sportful herd. Milton.

 

2. Done in jest, or for mere play; sportive. They are no sportful productions of the soil. Bentley. -- Sport "ful *ly, adv. -- Sport "ful *ness, n.

 

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