Associations to the word «Sportsmanlike»

Wiktionary

SPORTSMANLIKE, adjective. Demonstrating good sportsmanship, behaving in an honorable and appropriate manner.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats