sportly

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adjective

sporty, sportive

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Meanings

adjectivesportly (comparative more sportly, superlative most sportly)

comparative more sportly · superlative most sportly

  1. raresporty, sportive

    […] Yet ſhe thumpt it on her way / With a ſportly hey de gay: […]

    1600, William Kempe, Kemps nine daies vvonder, section 10, pages 4–5
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    I try to play a sportly game, / with all the boys I meet; / But just as soon as my back is turned, / Lord Massy, how they cheat.

    1966, F. Ray Blakely, A Touch of the Master's Hand, page 52

    The solids are detailed with a sportly plaid trim inside the (A) collar band, (B) yoke, (C) cuff, (D) pocket gussets and (E) under the pocket flaps.

    1977, Texas Monthly, volume 5, number 10, page 224

Origin

From sport + -ly.

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APA

sportly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sportly

MLA

“sportly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sportly. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sportly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sportly.

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