sportswomanlike

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adjective

sportsmanlike

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Meanings

adjectivesportswomanlike (comparative more sportswomanlike, superlative most sportswomanlike)

comparative more sportswomanlike · superlative most sportswomanlike

  1. datedsportsmanlike

    "I suppose it must sound terribly sloshy to you, Uncle Max," faltered Nora. "Never mind that, my dear. I have always understood that under the most sportswomanlike jumper a tender heart might be beating."

    1934, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], The Bravo of London

Origin

From sportswoman + -like.

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APA

sportswomanlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sportswomanlike

MLA

“sportswomanlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sportswomanlike. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sportswomanlike,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sportswomanlike.

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