<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Playful or frolicsome; jesting, jocose, or merry: a sportive puppy.</li><li>Synonyms: Frisky, sprightly, gay, jocular.</li><li>Done in sport, rather than in earnest: a sportive show of affection.</li><li>Pertaining to or of the nature of a sport or sports.</li><li>Sports.</li><li>Biology. Mutative.</li><li>Archaic. Ardent; wanton.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>