sporty
Americanadjective
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flashy; showy.
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smart in dress, behavior, etc.
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like or befitting a sportsman.
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dissipated; fast.
a sporty crowd.
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designed for or suitable for sport.
adjective
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(of a person) fond of sport or outdoor activities
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(of clothes) having the appearance of sportswear
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(of a car) having the performance or appearance of a sports car
noun
Other Word Forms
- sportily adverb
- sportiness noun
Etymology
Origin of sporty
Example Sentences
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He said he had loved his girlfriend, who was very sporty and that they had planned the trip together.
From BBC
The car — first introduced in 1964 at the New York World’s Fair as a sporty, compact coupe with just a little bit of an edge — is given a hero’s treatment.
From Los Angeles Times
Georgia said: "I'm not that sporty but I grew up in a rugby family, so I think I was attracted to the full impact aspects of ice hockey - like the fights between players."
From BBC
What I can say is that this EV sails along smoothly and quietly while somehow feeling sportier than my Mustang Mach-E or the Tesla Model Y I tested a few years back.
The 29-year-old project engineer from Richmond, Va., usually sticks with sporty sweatpants and a hoodie when he heads to the airport.
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