sportsmanlike

IPA: spˈɔrtsmʌnɫaɪk

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

Examples of "sportsmanlike" in Sentences

I think that the most sportsmanlike thing he did was releasing a state record.
I'd grown up in a house that had pretty strong views about decent, sportsmanlike behaviour.
"Even if it's tough for me, I must accept [this ruling] in a sportsmanlike manner," he said.
There ought also to have been regard for the opposition among those in a sportsmanlike mood.
The success rate is very high, but many hunters do not consider this a sportsmanlike approach to hunting.
It wasn't "we don't want to see or hear from you" ... it was "we want you to ask more pertinent and mature questions and act and respond in a sportsmanlike manner."
What I'm not interested in is seeing corporate sponsorship, advertising and profit in the wilds involving the wasted slaughter of game across the globe, all while falsely disguished as "sportsmanlike" hunting of game for some legitimate purpose.