diˈsportive, a. rare.
[f. disport v. + -ive; cf. sportive.]
Inclined to disport; sportive. Hence diˈsportively adv., in sport.
| 1773 J. Ross Fratricide i. 739 (MS.) Abel to him calls The sons of Cain disportive from his side. 1793 J. Williams Auth. Mem. Warren Hastings 48 Nero disportively made Innocence and Merit bleed. 1810 Morning Herald 30 Apr., Tinting the cheeks of their royal brethren, disportively, as they passed. 1813 T. Busby Lucretius ii. 353 The fleecy breed..on the joyous grass disportive feed. |