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41in jest — In joke, in sport, jestingly, sportively, not in earnest …
42in sport — In jest, not in earnest, sportively, jestingly …
43sportive — adjective literary enjoying fun and making jokes in a friendly way; playful sportively adverb sportiveness noun (U) …
44scherzando — /skɜtˈsændoʊ/ (say skert sandoh), /ˈskɛət / (say skairt ) adverb 1. (a musical direction) playfully; sportively. –adjective 2. playful; sportive. –noun (plural scherzandos) 3. a musical passage or movement played in this way. {Italian: literally …
45sportive — /ˈspɔtɪv / (say spawtiv) adjective 1. playful or frolicsome; jesting, jocose, or merry. 2. done in sport, rather than in earnest. 3. relating to or of the nature of sport or sports. 4. Biology mutative. 5. Obsolete amorous. {sport + ive}… …
46happily — [adv1] with joy, pleasure agreeably, blissfully, blithely, brightly, buoyantly, cheerfully, contentedly, delightedly, delightfully, devotedly, elatedly, enthusiastically, exhilaratingly, exultantly, freely, gaily, gladly, gleefully, graciously,… …
47sportive — [spôrt′iv] adj. 1. a) fond of or full of sport or merriment; playful b) done in fun or play, not in earnest 2. of, or having the nature of, sport, esp. outdoor sport 3. Obs. amorous or erotic sportively adv. sportiveness n …
48sportive — adj. playful. Derivatives: sportively adv. sportiveness n …
49ben|i|son — «BEHN uh zuhn, suhn», noun. a blessing; benediction: »Under the benison of frequent rain…hedgerows spring as sportively as ever they did a century ago (New York Times). ╂[< Old French beneisson, learned borrowing from Latin benedictiō, ōnis… …
