Sportsmanlike Definition & Meaning

sportsmanlike
adjective
  1. exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play; "a clean fight"; "a sporting solution of the disagreement"; "sportsmanlike conduct"

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  • "my way is not very sportsmanlike"
    AOL — AOL

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