Sherlockian
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of Sherlockian
see origin at -ian
Example Sentences
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Equally at home in shadowy dives and modern mansions, she proves an adept investigator, with Sherlockian observational skills.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Thanks to the efforts of Leslie S. Klinger, a Westwood lawyer and leading authority on all things Sherlockian, that argument was thrown out of court.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2022
“Almost everything in the Sherlockian universe has been done before,” Klinger put it, dryly.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2022
The detective and his chronicler Dr. Watson seem very real in “The Devil’s Due,” the third in Bonnie MacBird’s ongoing series of Sherlockian mysteries, following hard upon “Art in the Blood” and “Unquiet Spirits.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 2019
It is, I suppose due to the Sherlockian tradition these unhappy persons, the local detectives, must always be supplemented by a superior and high-handed expert.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, June 20, 1917 by Sir Owen Seaman
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