Definition of "footballing" []

• Football (attributive) (adjective)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "Photograph: Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty Images Manchester United had shown their neighbours City who was boss in their 3-2 Community Shield comeback victory, handing them what he described as a "footballing lesson" which set down a marker for their Premier League title defence."
• "But the Histon village team beat Leeds to get to the third round of the FA cup, which in footballing terms is apparently analogous to Cinderella going to the ball and dancing with a prince."
• "Of where Lofthouse ranks in English footballing history, Mr Clarke added: These things are always difficult to assess but I would certainly say he was in the top 10 of English footballing heroes."