Modifies a noun

• lemur: The sportive lemurs are smallish grey-brown creatures with a small round head, flattish face, sticky-out round ears and a long bushy tail.

• competition: I no longer wished to contend with all that excess of anxiety which had always afflicted me, prior to any sportive competition.

• event: If you about all kinds of sportive events and gives you tips and statistics to make your sport gambling more successful.

• child: The Links were alive with sportive children, and cricketers in white flannels prepared for their friendly rivalry.