SG Heritage Dictionary

Sportful [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Merry; frolicksome; full of jesting; indulging in mirth or play; as a sportful companion.

2. Down he alights among the sportful herd.

3. Ludicrous; done in jest or for mere play.

4. These are no sportful productions of the soil.

Sportful [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

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

Sportfully [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In mirth; in jest; for the sake of diversion; playfully.

Sportfulness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Play; merriment; frolick; a playful disposition; playfulness; as the sportfulness of kids and lambs.