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Webster 1913 Edition


Sportful

Sport′ful

(-fụl)
,
Adj.
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
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sportful

SPORTFUL

,
Adj.
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.