Sportsman vs Sportsmanly - What's the difference?
sportsman | sportsmanly |
(UK) A man who engages in sports. A male athlete.
(dated) A man who engages in country sports, such as hunting or fishing.
* 1851 ,
Befitting a sportsman; being or demonstrating the conduct expected of players of sport.
As a noun sportsman
is a man who engages in sports. A male athlete.As an adjective sportsmanly is
befitting a sportsman; being or demonstrating the conduct expected of players of sport.sportsman
English
(wikipedia sportsman)Noun
(sportsmen)- At last extinguishing the fire, he took the idol up very unceremoniously, and bagged it again in his grego pocket as carelessly as if he were a sportsman bagging a dead woodcock.