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Synonyms for sporty


Grammar : Adj
Spell : spawr-tee, spohr-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈspɔr ti, ˈspoʊr-

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Définition of sporty

Origin :
  • 1889, "sportsmanlike;" 1962, "in the style of a sports car," from sport (n.) + -y (2). Related: Sportily; sportiness.
  • adj casual; flashy
Example sentences :
  • "I'm sorry I did, now; honest I am," was the sporty man's answer.
  • Extract from : « Dave Porter and His Rivals » by Edward Stratemeyer
  • Why, Langridge and that sporty new chum of his may slip in and damage it.
  • Extract from : « A Quarter-Back's Pluck » by Lester Chadwick
  • Regarding Parkins as a rich man, and sporty, he took the offer.
  • Extract from : « Dreamy Hollow » by Sumner Charles Britton
  • Besides, one place was as sporty as the other, if that was what you wanted.
  • Extract from : « Over the Seas for Uncle Sam » by Elaine Sterne
  • “Sure,” replied Merkle, one of the sportiest of sporty seniors.
  • Extract from : « The Winning Touchdown » by Lester Chadwick
  • The Mexican has gone after me a pass, but he says you look too sporty.
  • Extract from : « From North Carolina to Southern California Without a Ticket and How I Did It » by John Peele
  • We proposed to be sporty and practice only the "still-hunting" method.
  • Extract from : « Camping at Cherry Pond » by Henry Abbott
  • Like its antithesis, "lose out," this reasonless phrase is of sport, "sporty."
  • Extract from : « Write It Right » by Ambrose Bierce
  • He went with a new set, now, young unmarried fellows who were "sporty."
  • Extract from : « The Jungle » by Upton Sinclair
  • How she ever came to take up with the sporty Horace, or he with her, was a seven-days' wonder.
  • Extract from : « The Golf Course Mystery » by Chester K. Steele

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