Workmanlike Definition

wûrkmən-līk
adjective
Characteristic of a good workman; done in a steady, efficient manner but, often, specif., without extraordinary skill or ingenuity.
A workmanlike repair job.
Webster's New World
Befitting a skilled artisan or craftsperson; skillfully done.
American Heritage

Origin of Workmanlike

  • workman +"Ž -like

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Workmanlike Sentence Examples

  • It has been left a largely lovely building, attractive in an otherwise fairly workmanlike village.

  • John Hinshelwood has made a workmanlike job of describing the building while researching the dairy company that built it.

  • A workmanlike performance by the forward who fronted up.

  • Bristol are the surprise leaders of the Premiership but they are tenacious and probably the most workmanlike side we have faced so far.

  • Payne begins, in workmanlike fashion, by recounting the etymological history of the title.

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WWOWOR

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EKEIKE

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