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sportsmanly, a.|ˈspɔətsmənlɪ|
[f. as prec. +-ly1.]
Worthy of, becoming or befitting, a sportsman; sportsmanlike. So ˈsportsmanliness.
1778[W. H. Marshall] Minutes Agric. 9 Sept. 1776, But the rules of Sportsmanliness are not so generally understood as those of Good-Breeding. Ibid., It is sometimes sportsmanly to suffer the huntsman to pursue the hounds, where it would be unsportsmanly in any other horseman to follow. 1912Nation 5 Oct. 9/1 My sportsmanly approval was misplaced. |