What does sportly mean?
Sportly means (rare) sporty, sportive.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(rare) sporty, sportive.
[…] Yet ſhe thumpt it on her way / With a ſportly hey de gay: […]
I try to play a sportly game, / with all the boys I meet; / But just as soon as my back is turned, / Lord Massy, how they cheat.
The solids are detailed with a sportly plaid trim inside the (A) collar band, (B) yoke, (C) cuff, (D) pocket gussets and (E) under the pocket flaps.
Use sportly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sportly means (rare) sporty, sportive.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] Yet ſhe thumpt it on her way / With a ſportly hey de gay: […]
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