a. colloq. or slang. [f. SPORT sb.1] Sportsmanlike, sportsmanly; sporting.
1889. Daily News, 11 March, 2/3. The very ‘sporty’ little venture was watched with much interest.
1893. Weekly Express & Mail (N. Y.), 28 June. This is the ‘sporty’ way to capture them, but the professional frog hunters go for their prey … with scoop nets and long poles.
1897. Outing, XXX. 484/2. It’s awfully sporty of them to lend fresh ponies to their opponents.
Comb. 1896. Gody’s Mag., Feb., 152/1. A sporty-looking drummer.
