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- adverb In a
sporty way.
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Examples
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I put it to Boris, as he leaned sportily from the window of the New Bus's cab, that in these cost-cutting times - not least at TfL - £360,000 is a lot of dough.
Boris's Bus (A Political Journey) Part 33: The Finished Article 2011
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Ferdinando the Taxi's hand-bent antenna waved sportily in the breeze, a souvenir left by crooks who ripped off the radio in 1975.
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In fact, I didn't even finish making my "To Do" list before we arrived and hopped into our darling little Fiat that was a cross between a Volkwagen Beetle and Mini-Cooper in which we would sportily zip around the Loire for the next few days.
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Obama and a few friends waded into the water and sportily rode a few waves to the delight of other beach revelers.
McCain Campaign Attacks Obama For ... Taking His Shirt Off On A Beach 2009
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In commercials, scooter people are middle-aged, sportily dressed and decidedly slim (hence Knievel's stint as the image of Pride Mobility).
It's the New Walking 2007
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One girl told of a man she could have vamped the Sunday before in the Subway, but he was too sportily dressed and she got scared and quit in the middle.
Working With the Working Woman Cornelia Stratton Parker
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There was a whoop from the deck of the motor boat, a shout of, "Say, fellows, look who's here!" and the next moment three sportily clad young figures leaped out on the dock and made a dash for the girls, leaving the fourth member of their party protesting vigorously.
Billie Bradley on Lighthouse Island The Mystery of the Wreck Janet D. Wheeler
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"'I bet-che fifty cents I pick the winner in the next race!' he said sportily,"'Done!' said the other, still laughing.
Hillsboro People Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1918
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Ford of Britain has lobbied hard within the "One Ford" global organisation for a latter-day Capri due to the UK market's relative fondness for performance-related and more sportily styled models.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2012
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And Carlsson continues with the sportily elegant finishing in the car interiors.
Top Speed 2010
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