What does sportively mean?
Sportively means In a sportive way.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
In a sportive way.
Perhaps to treat the matter lightly and sportively would be the course most likely to encourage her to explain it.
"Then you got time, ain't you, to buy a girl a glass o'--" She stopped and winked sportively.
At Zanies last May she sportively bickered with the vocal crowd.
Use sportively when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sportively means In a sportive way.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Perhaps to treat the matter lightly and sportively would be the course most likely to encourage her to explain it.
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