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sportly en · ADJ

Etymology

From sport + -ly.

Meanings

1. (rare) sporty, sportive
   • […] Yet ſhe thumpt it on her way / With a ſportly hey de gay: […] 1600, William Kempe, Kemps nine daies vvonder, section 10, pages 4–5:
   • I try to play a sportly game, / with all the boys I meet; / But just as soon as my back is turned, / Lord Massy, how they cheat. 1966, F. Ray Blakely, A Touch of the Master's Hand, page 52:
   • The solids are detailed with a sportly plaid trim inside the (A) collar band, (B) yoke, (C) cuff, (D) pocket gussets and (E) under the pocket flaps. 1977, Texas Monthly, volume 5, number 10, page 224:

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