sportsmanlike
- a word derived from sportsman.
Example Sentences
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And if we see that you become loyal, fair and sportsmanlike to your fellow competitors, then you can stay in this business.
From BBC ● May 8, 2024
Because it’s social media, of course, there were some critics who found the memes less than sportsmanlike.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2022
“A disgraceful spectacle might have been turned into a clean, sportsmanlike game of football,” he wrote.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 28, 2020
He was ushered out by the sportsmanlike salutes of the Tar Heels he had just decimated.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 2019
Most of the reporters, and much of the crowd, believed that Riddle had simply balked at the 132-pound impost and didn’t care enough about the consequences of scratching to do the sportsmanlike thing.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
