workmanlike
or work·man·ly
[wurk-muh n-lahyk]
- like or befitting a workman.
- skillful; well executed: a workmanlike piece of writing.
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Origin of workmanlike
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Contemporary Examples of workmanlike
Remember the first Walkman, introduced in 1979, with its tubby buttons and workmanlike profile.
Romney, by contrast, gave a smooth but workmanlike speech that barely contained a personal touch.
Historical Examples of workmanlike
I saw his tiny fat arm rise and fall in a workmanlike manner.
FalkJoseph Conrad
He had a job to do, and he went at it in a workmanlike manner.
Oh, You Tex!William Macleod Raine
But whoever had gone about the wrecking of the lab had gone about it in a workmanlike way.
Damned If You Don'tGordon Randall Garrett
The mixed mortar is then applied with a trowel in a workmanlike manner.
Concrete ConstructionHalbert P. Gillette
As for his actual compositions, he had only the ambition to make them as workmanlike as he could.
IT and Other StoriesGouverneur Morris
workmanlike
less commonly workmanly (ˈwɜːkmənlɪ)
- appropriate to or befitting a good workman
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