workmanlike
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈwɜː(ɹ)kmənlaɪk/
Adjective

workmanlike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a workman.
    • 1957, Neville Shute, On the Beach (novel), New York: William Morrow & Co., Chapter 3,
      She was dressed in khaki, khaki slacks and khaki shirt, practical and workmanlike.
  2. Done competently but without flair.
    • 1999, Andrew Graham-Dixon, A History of British Art, Univ of California Press ISBN 9780520223769, page 120
      Even his most matter-of-fact, workmanlike paintings are charged with an entirely personal morbidity.
    • 2002, Tom Friedman, Germano Celant, Fondazione Prada (Milan, Italy), Mario Perniola, Tom Friedman, Progetto Prada Arte
      The tandem arrangement does not misuse Close, for he has gotten decades of acclaim for a tedious, workmanlike art.
    • 2014, Scott Winfield Sublett, Screenwriting for Neurotics: A Beginner's Guide to Writing a Feature-Length Screenplay from Start to Finish, University of Iowa Press ISBN 9781609382766, page 190
      Clear, workmanlike prose will do fine, and polishing up the prose is for the second draft.
  3. Performed with the skill of an artisan or craftsman.



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