† sportingwiseadv.
Obsolete. rare.
In sport or jest; jokingly.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > lack of seriousness > [adverb]
agamec1300
bourdfullya1400
in sportc1450
aplay1459
bourdly1500
in jest1551
bourdingly1552
sportingly1561
jestingly1569
sportingwise1579
sportfullya1586
sportively1656
for fun1750
flippantly1758
pour rire1872
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 61 All their talke (for the most parte) was about the praysing of some honest thing, or sportingwise to reproue some dishonestie.
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 678 There were some which sportingwise did openly call him Alexander.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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adv.1579- mounter
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- mountie
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- mounting
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- mounting board
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- mounting paper
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