Sportiness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The property of being sporty. uncountable

    "This, it seems to me, is the essential for marriage happiness, rather than the matching up of trait with trait, bookiness with bookiness, sportiness with sportiness, as Cinderella's Prince matched foot with slipper."

  2. 2
    The characteristic appearance and behavior of people who partake in sports. wordnet

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blatancydashdazzleextravaganceextravaganzaflamboyance

Example

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"This, it seems to me, is the essential for marriage happiness, rather than the matching up of trait with trait, bookiness with bookiness, sportiness with sportiness, as Cinderella's Prince matched foot with slipper."

Etymology

From sporty + -ness.

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