What is "sportsmanlike"

Usage examples of "sportsmanlike".

And so with motives, partly callous, partly sportsmanlike, and not without some faint suspicion of chivalry, they warned the native grooms, and these taking the hint reached the camp in safety.

It was not, however, possible to accept this sportsmanlike view of the situation.

Even when beaten there was enjoyment to be had out of the imperturbability with which he could take that beating, out of a sense of superiority to men not quite so sportsmanlike as himself.

It was not a sportsmanlike weapon, but the creatures of Loren Two were not sportsmanlike antagonists.

For in George was all that contempt of the of the married middle-class-- peculiar to the wild and sportsmanlike spirits in its ranks.

Further, the officers--belonging mostly to the upper circles--have distinguished themselves in the field by a rash bravery which was marked perhaps, not so much by military as sportsmanlike behaviour.

Hecate, the ones who kill because they have to in order to live, who toy with their prey, extracting the scent of fear that was so intoxicating, and giving the prey a sportsmanlike chance to escape, even those werewolves make the actual moment of death fast and painless.

I was more interested in keeping Uncle Am and myself alive than in being sportsmanlike about the way I did it.

The Place adherents had their favorites, but they always showed a sportsmanlike appreciation of opponents.

A bit wild, but a man who dealt squarely with others sportsmanlike, and perhaps considered perfectly honest by himself and all who knew him.

At one moment she longed passionately for Jasper, the next she would dread his coming, for she knew well enough that he, with his straight matter-of-fact mode of thinking, would inevitably give Naniescu his due, insist that the general was within his rights, and advise his wife to keep clear of these imbroglios, which were so contrary to the lenient, sportsmanlike English attitude toward a beaten enemy.