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sportivenesses

sportivenesses is the plural of sportiveness.

Meaning of sportiveness

Noun

sportiveness (usually uncountable, plural sportivenesses)

  1. (usually) the state of being sportive
    • You will see the tame horse in the paddock gallop about for his pleasure, and the wild horse on the prairie will start and run for miles in mere sportiveness.1890, Theo. Stephenson Browne, In the Riding-School; Chats With Esmeralda

Questions about sportivenesses

What is sportivenesses the plural of?
Sportivenesses is the plural of sportiveness.

Words near sportivenesses in the dictionary

  1. sportive
  2. sportive lemur
  3. sportive lemurs
  4. sportively
  5. sportiveness
  6. sportivenesses
  7. sportives
  8. sportivity
  9. sportjacket
  10. sportjacketed
  11. sportjackets

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