different between sportive vs comical
sportive
English
Etymology
From sport +? -ive.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sp??(?)t?v/
Adjective
sportive (comparative more sportive, superlative most sportive)
- (archaic) lively; merry; spritely
- Playful, coltish.
- Interested in sport.
- Sporty, good at sport.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
sportive (plural sportives)
- (cycling) cyclosportive
- 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- Such incidents, part of the cherished mythology of the Tour's early years, are rare in modern cycling, although a 62-year-old local councillor was arrested and subsequently released after tacks had been scattered during the 2009 Etape Caledonia, a sportive held on closed roads in Scotland, causing countless punctures among the 3,500 riders.
- 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
Anagrams
- overtips, pivoters, repivots, sorptive, tip overs
French
Adjective
sportive
- feminine singular of sportif
Noun
sportive f (plural sportives)
- sportswoman
Further reading
- “sportive” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
sportive
- inflection of sportiv:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ive
Adjective
sportive f pl
- feminine plural of sportivo
Noun
sportive f
- plural of sportiva
Anagrams
- previsto, proviste
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comical
English
Etymology
comic +? -al
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?m?k?l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?m?k?l/
Adjective
comical (comparative more comical, superlative most comical)
- (archaic) Originally, relating to comedy.
- Funny, whimsically amusing.
- Laughable; ridiculous.
- 2016 January 30, "Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Nomination," The New York Times (retrieved 30 January 2016):
- Mr. Sanders has scored some rhetorical points against Mrs. Clinton for her longstanding ties to Wall Street, but she has responded well, and it would be comical to watch any of the Republican candidates try to make that case, given that they are all virtually tied to, or actually part of, the business establishment.
- 2016 January 30, "Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Nomination," The New York Times (retrieved 30 January 2016):
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:funny
- (comedy): comic, comedic
Derived terms
- comicality
- comically
Translations
See also
- comic
Anagrams
- Climaco
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