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workmanlike, adv. and a.|ˈwɜːkmənlaɪk|
[See -like.]
A. adv. In a manner or style characteristic of a good workman.
1447Hist. Dunelm. Scriptores Tres (Surtees) App. p. cccxiii, The said..Alexander [etc.]..sall wirke the said myne werkmanlike. c1565J. Sparke in Hakluyt Voy. (1600) III. 504 They..doe iagge their flesh,..as workemanlike, as a Ierkin maker with vs pinketh a ierkin. 1612Drayton Polyolb. xviii. 691 The Gardiner..their selected plants doth workman-like bestowe. 1618–19in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) III. 305 To be all plastered over with lyme and hayer workeman lyke. 1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 20 Darts of blacke Ebony barbed strongly and workmanlike. 1897‘O. Rhoscomyl’ White Rose Arno i, You do your work as workmanlike as ever.
B. adj.
1. Of or pertaining to a workman; characteristic of or suitable to a workman. rare.
1663Gerbier Counsel 103 To write, in such workman-like termes, as may serve for a Clark of the works to speak unto them. 1857Dickens Dorrit i. xxvi, An old workmanlike habit of carrying his pocket-handkerchief in his hat.
2. Characteristic of or resembling (that of) a good workman; orig. said of the execution of a work; later applied also to persons or animals having an efficient, ‘business-like’, or ‘smart’ appearance or action.
1739C. Labelye Short Acc. Piers Westm. Bridge 66 To compleat the intended Bridge..in a compleat and workman⁓like Manner. 1758Extr. Crt. Rolls Wimbledon (1866) 318 To cause the same [lane] to be restored..in a workmanlike manner. 1768Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) I. 475 A clock of artificial and workman-like construction. 1837Dickens Pickw. xlv, [He] filled out three glasses of gin, which Job Trotter and Sam disposed of in a most workmanlike manner. 1842Loudon Suburban Hort. 365 In nailing in the young shoots, dispose them as straight and as regular as possible: it will look workmanlike. 1861G. J. Whyte-Melville Mkt. Harb. 58 Never in his life had he seen such a thoroughly workmanlike exterior. 1874Fancier's Gaz. 4 Dec. 618/1 [A dog] Nice and evenly-balanced all over, workman-like. 1878Ld. R. Gower Remin. (1883) II. 207 Two very workman-like little horses. 1884Contemp. Rev. July 98 There is very much..to be done that requires nothing more than good workmanlike ability.
Hence ˈworkmanlikeness.
1890Day Every-day Art 90 Even the amateur should know something of the value of workmanlikeness in ornament. |