Meanings
adjectivesportsmanly (comparative more sportsmanly, superlative most sportsmanly)
comparative more sportsmanly · superlative most sportsmanly
- Befitting a sportsman; being or demonstrating the conduct expected of players of sport.
Synonyms: sportsmanlike
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveBefitting a sportsman; being or demonstrating the conduct expected of players of sport.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*pr̥téh₂
- Proto-Italic*portā
- Proto-Italic*portāō
- Latinportāre
- Old Frenchporter
- Anglo-Normandesporter
- Middle Englishdisporten
- Middle Englishsporten
- Englishsport
- Englishsports
- Proto-Indo-European*mon-
- Proto-Germanic*mann-
- Proto-West Germanic*mann
- Old Englishmann
- Middle Englishman
- Englishsportsman
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishsportsmanly
From sportsman + -ly.
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APA
sportsmanly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sportsmanly
MLA
“sportsmanly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sportsmanly. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sportsmanly,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sportsmanly.
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