sportiveadjective
/ˈspɔː.tɪv//ˈspɔːrt.ɪv/sportive adjective (fun)
having fun and behaving in a way that is not serious:
her lively sportive manner of talking
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Taking pleasure in something
- bask
- bask in sth
- bask/bathe in reflected glory idiom
- be a glutton for punishment idiom
- be a great one for sth idiom
- drool
- ecstasy
- glory
- glutton
- have a ball idiom
- have a field day idiom
- have a rare old time idiom
- hedonic
- lap
- relish
- revel
- revel in sth
- ride (on) a wave of sth idiom
- self-indulgent
- soak
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sportive adjective (sport)
enjoying sport or relating to sport:
He is the least sportive of men.
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Animal physiology: fit & healthy
- agile
- amazon
- an apple a day keeps the doctor away idiom
- apple
- athleticism
- be (as) fit as a fiddle idiom
- be (as) right as rain idiom
- beach-ready
- bouncing
- clean
- coordinated
- foot
- hard/tough as nails idiom
- healthy
- iron man
- limber
- muscle-bound
- pink
- sturdy
- virility
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sportivenoun [ C ]
/ˈspɔː.tɪv//ˈspɔːrt.ɪv/specializeda cycling event in which a large number of riders travel a long distance on a marked route on public roads, and the time they take is recorded:
Why not enter our 50km sportive around the roads and lanes of the Chiltern Hills?