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Definition of "sportsmanlike" []

  • Demonstrating good sportsmanship, behaving in an honorable and appropriate manner. (adjective)

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Use "sportsmanlike" in a sentence
  • "What I'm not interested in is seeing corporate sponsorship, advertising and profit in the wilds involving the wasted slaughter of game across the globe, all while falsely disguished as "sportsmanlike" hunting of game for some legitimate purpose."
  • "The success rate is very high, but many hunters do not consider this a sportsmanlike approach to hunting."
  • "I'd grown up in a house that had pretty strong views about decent, sportsmanlike behaviour."