the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Full of sport; merry; frolicsome; full of jesting; indulging in mirth or play; playful; wanton.
adj. Done in jest, or for mere play; sportive.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Frolicsome; playful; mirthful; merry.
Amorous; wanton.
Tending to or causing mirth; amusing; gay; also, designed for amusement only; jesting; not serious.
Word Usage
"For many seasons it teemed with busy and sportful birds, living and breeding in such conglomeration of species that, were it not for extraordinary cuteness, blunders of parentage must have occasioned riots."