[spawr-tiv, spohr-] 
| 1. | playful or frolicsome; jesting, jocose, or merry: a sportive puppy. |
| 2. | done in sport, rather than in earnest: a sportive show of affection. |
| 3. | pertaining to or of the nature of a sport or sports. |
| 4. | Biology. mutative. |
| 5. | Archaic. ardent; wanton. |
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