\Sport"ful\, a. 1. Full of sport; merry; frolicsome; full of jesting; indulging in mirth or play; playful; wanton; as, a sportful companion. Down he alights among the sportful herd. --Milton. 2. Done in jest, or for mere play; sportive. They are no sportful productions of the soil. --Bentley. -- {Sport"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Sport"ful*ness}, n.