sportsmanly
Example Sentences
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Polite smiles and sportsmanly high-fives were exchanged across the handrails.
From Reuters ● Jul. 24, 2023
Thus Japan's Crown Prince is still the Emperor's brother, sportsmanly Prince Chichibu who figure-skates, baseballs, golfs, fences.
From Time Magazine Archive
As a nation, I think we can never be too thankful for the lesson our kinspeople have to teach us in sportsmanly moderation and in chivalry toward an opponent.
From An American at Oxford by John Corbin
Clean play, honorable methods, and sportsmanly standards dominate the theory and practice of this athletic instruction and supervision.
From College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College by Paul Klapper
"I was only wondering," she made hesitant answer, "if a box of very wonderful cigars, sent to him with our cards, mightn't perhaps—" "It's a fine sportsmanly proposition!" laughed the Master.
From Bruce by Albert Payson Terhune
