sportful Meaning, Definition & Usage

Sport"ful adjective

Definitions

1. Full of sport; merry; frolicsome; full of jesting; indulging in mirth or play; playful; wanton; as, a sportful companion.

   Down he alights among the sportful herd. Milton.

2. Done in jest, or for mere play; sportive.

   They are no sportful productions of the soil. Bentley.

   -- Sport"ful*ly, adv. -- Sport"ful*ness, n.