'Sportful' definitions:

Definition of 'Sportful'

From: GCIDE
  • Sportful \Sport"ful\ (-f[.u]l), a.
  • 1. Full of sport; merry; frolicsome; full of jesting; indulging in mirth or play; playful; wanton; as, a sportful companion. [1913 Webster]
  • Down he alights among the sportful herd. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Done in jest, or for mere play; sportive. [1913 Webster]
  • They are no sportful productions of the soil. --Bentley. [1913 Webster] -- {Sport"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Sport"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]