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# sporty

«sporty» in Mova's school dictionary: **good at it** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (sporty, sportier, sportiest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A sporty person likes sport and is good at it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sporty/#m1)

2) Sporty clothes look like clothes for sport, casual and bright. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sporty/#m2)

3) A sporty car is fast and looks like a racing car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sporty/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday talk and school stories «sporty» describes the child who loves running, football or netball; it tells the reader about the character's hobbies. In shops it describes casual or athletic clothes and fast-looking cars. Phrases: the sporty type, sporty kids, a sporty look.

### examples

- My sister is very sporty and plays three sports. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sporty/#x1)
- I'm not sporty, but I like swimming. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sporty/#x2)
- He wore a sporty jacket and trainers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sporty/#x3)
- Dad wants a sporty red car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sporty/#x4)
- She is the sportiest girl in our year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sporty/#x5)
- Our school has sporty clubs after school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sporty/#x6)

### note

Comparative: sportier, sportiest (y → i). Informal word. Not the same as «sportsmanlike» (playing fairly).

### In the corpora

- [The Eatwell Guide is the UK picture of a balanced diet, and it is the same for sporty and non-sporty children.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/54-a-balanced-plate-for-a-kid-who-plays-sport/4/)
- [Exercise uses energy, but sugar still feeds the germs on teeth that cause decay, so being sporty doesn't protect teeth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/54-a-balanced-plate-for-a-kid-who-plays-sport/10/)
- [Growing, sporty children need regular meals, and skipping meals leaves them tired, moody and slower and harms growth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/54-a-balanced-plate-for-a-kid-who-plays-sport/16/)
- [Muscle sinks more than fat, so very sporty people may float less well.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/11-floating-and-sinking/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sporty» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sporty/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.