sporty
sporty
Definition
sporty (spôrt′ē)
adjective sport′i·er, sport′i·est
- sporting or sportsmanlike
- characteristic of a sport or sportsman
- loud, flashy, or showy, as clothes
sport′i·ly adverb
sport′i·ness noun
sporty
Usage Examples
Preposition: as
- boy: In addition, girls of primary school age are only half as sporty as boys.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- do: Nor does the engine sound quite as sporty as it should.
- enjoy: When not in College Zoë enjoys all things sporty.
Modifies a noun
- coupe: Freedom can allegedly be bought for the price of a 4x4, or of a sporty coupe.
- hatchback: For example, young families buying sporty hatchbacks that are barely big enough to fit the children in, let alone the shopping!
- styling: Volvo Car B.V. from Holland presented the Volvo 480 ES, a four-seater with sporty styling.
- handling: Not as sporty handling as the Nitro, but seems like it climbs better.
- appearance: Very sporty half leather Recaro seats in this Monty provided the interior with the sporty appearance to match the exterior.
- bike: A short rake is associated with sporty bikes and quicker steering.
Modifying Another Word
- quite: Well, everyone in the family was quite sporty.
- very: Son aged 10 who is very sporty, the whole family are Rugby mad!
- really: I watch movies, read books, I`m not really sporty.
- not: I'm not sporty You don't have to be sporty to be physically active.
- even: I've never been a horsey person; I'm not even sporty.
- fairly: We like the things in the school like games and sports because we like to think that we are fairly sporty people.
Infinitive complement
- drive: It's enjoyably car-like and almost sporty to drive, as well being quiet and refined.
Used with adjective complement
- feel: If you are feeling sporty we have horse riding, golf, tennis and swimming all within easy reach.
- look: So now you can sling your surf boards onto your Ferrari and look sporty as well as filthy rich.
- get: Getting sporty Get those feel good chemicals pumping around your body by exercising regularly.
- become: Harmonized rear design The Volvo S60 has become sportier at the rear too.
Browse dictionary entries near sporty
- sportswriter
- sportswoman
- sportswear
- sportsmanship
- sportsman
- sportscast
- sports medicine
- sports car
- sports bar
- sports
- sporulate
- sporulation
- sporule
- spot
- spot beam
- spot-check
- spot commodity
- spot market
- spot on
- spot pass
