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sportsmanliness

sportsmanliness noun: the quality of being sportsmanly.

Noun

sportsmanliness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being sportsmanly.

Origin of sportsmanliness

From sportsmanly + -ness.

Questions about sportsmanliness

What does sportsmanliness mean?
Sportsmanliness means the quality of being sportsmanly.
What part of speech is sportsmanliness?
Sportsmanliness is a noun.

Words near sportsmanliness in the dictionary

  1. sportsman
  2. sportsman's bet
  3. sportsman's bets
  4. Sportsman's Paradise
  5. sportsmanlike
  6. sportsmanliness
  7. sportsmanly
  8. Sportsmans
  9. sportsmanship
  10. sportsmanships
  11. sportsmedical

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