sportilyadv.
/ˈspɔːtᵻli/, U.S. /ˈspɔrdəli/ colloquial (originally U.S.).
In a sporty manner; sportingly.
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1902 C. A. McAllister Professor on Shipboard xi. 87 He was invited by several sportily inclined young men to take a hand in a game of poker.
1908 Middletown (N.Y.) Times-Press 15 June 2/6 Sam was dressed sportily..from head to foot.
1958 Times 1 Jan. 10/7 It has shed a great deal of top-hamper..but two extra wheels perched sportily on its rear make up for these shortcomings.
1973 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 333 145 They had never made any product other than fireclay but sportily agreed.
2003 New Yorker 29 May 36/3 Chen was sportily attired in an immaculate baby-blue windbreaker over a crisp matching shirt, creased black pants, and black shoes.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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