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sportfulness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of sportfulness

a natural disposition for playful behavior

I find my business partner's sportfulness charming, but I worry that it might lead clients to view him as unprofessional

Synonyms of sportfulness

coltishness, espièglerie, friskiness, impishness, larkiness, mischief, mischievousness, playfulness, prankishness, sportiveness, tricksiness

Words Related to sportfulness

coyness, kittenishness

archness, devilment, devilry (or deviltry), hob, rascality, roguishness, waggery

devilishness, diabolicalness, knavery

energy, liveliness, spiritedness, sprightliness, spunkiness, vivaciousness, vivacity

gaiety (also gayety), jocularity, jocundity, lightheartedness, mirthfulness, whimsicality

Near Antonyms of sportfulness

graveness, grimness, serious-mindedness, seriousness, solemnity, solemnness, sternness

priggishness, starchiness, stuffiness

constraint, restraint, self-control

Antonyms of sportfulness

earnestness, soberness, sobersidedness

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