Beauclerc, on such occasions, sportively compared him to a stork in Raphael's Cartoons, standing on one leg.
We rode and tied," said Garrick sportively in after years of prosperity, when he spoke of their humble wayfaring.
It was sportively suggested that a fete should be held at Lichfield in honor of Johnson and Garrick, and that the Beaux' Stratagem should be played by the members of the Literary Club.
A spring landscape of sunny blitheness, with butterflies sipping at the blossoms of the trees and sunbeams sportivelydallying on the sea, are the surroundings of the picture where Psyche is crowned by Eros.
A bluish light plays over the white dresses of the girls and over the blue jackets of the sailors lounging about the quay; it fills the pale blue sky with a misty vibration and glances sportively upon the green waves of the sea.
Emmeline, sportively appealing to the young Earl, as she read to her father some of Mary's affectionate expressions and wishes in the conclusion.
The first interrogatory propounded was, as to his age--which question alone he sportivelydeclined answering.
And finally, as they drew nearer in with the land, seals of various kinds were passed, sportively chasing each other, and pausing for a moment to raise their heads inquisitively and turn their mild glances upon the flying ship.
She sportively bade him be careful, "for the arrows were poisoned;" and the ladies then passed on to the farm-house where they were to take up their abode.
On my way I was pursued by a swarm of bees, which hastened, leaving lotus-beds and deserting gardens, drawn by the scent of the parijata spray, sportively forming a blue veil round me.
As Thornton Lee read the journal, his children climbed his knee and twined his gray curls around their fingers, and his wife came and leaned sportively over his shoulder and looked at the yellow leaves.
The boat danced on the waves that sportively splashed over its edge; it scarcely moved forward on the dark sea; which frolicked more and more gayly.
The muddy green sea played with their boat, tossing it noisily on the waves that sportively flung bright salt drops into it.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sportively" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
