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Adjective: sporty (sportier,sportiest)  spor-tee
  1. Appropriate for sport or engagement in a sport
    "She wore a sporty outfit to the gym"; "The car had a sporty design"
     
  2. Exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
    "a sporty fight";
    - clean, sporting, sportsmanlike
     
  3. (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
    "She sported a sporty new haircut";
    - flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy

Derived forms: sportier, sportiest

See also: active, colorful [US], colourful [Brit, Cdn], fair, just

Encyclopedia: Sporty