artist-likeadv.adj.

1595 W. Lisle tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Babilon 54 'Tis Clement Marot sure that laboureth so hot Artistlike [Fr. Artistement] without art.

1706 Female Grievances Debated 83 He was now thought Qualify'd to Exercise his Calling in any Ground in England; and was therefore sent abroad to pick up the Pence, and (Artist like) improve his Talent by his Travels.

1790 J. Bruce Trav. Source Nile I. ii. xi. 272 Accustomed to pilfer, they did not force the locks, but very artist like, took off the hinges at the back.

1830 Ld. Tennyson Ode to Memory v, in Poems 63 Artistlike, Ever retiring thou dost gaze On the prime labour of thine early days.

1837 W. C. Macready Reminisc. II. 90 Acted Leontes artist-like but not..very effectively.

1887 C. P. Cranch Ariel & Caliban 73 A painter's eye hath she, And all beauty pleaseth her, so artist-like and fancy-free.

1939 C. D. Bowen Free Artist xxvi. 267 Anton felt its excitement and, artistlike, responded emotionally to something his reason was later to reject.

1999 J. L. Hall Othello vi. 131 He pledges, artistlike, to maintain silence.

1701 J. Atkinson Gellibrand's Epitome Art Navigation iv. 52 The Master gave his Answer, with neither Proof nor manner of working it; only saying, it was so much; upon which I told him that was not Artist like.

1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Moralists iii. ii. 218 Another superiour Art, or something Artist-like, which guided their Hand.

1786 J. Gillies Hist. Anc. Greece II. xxxii. 366 This..is a true and artist-like description of a scambling or glazing, as practised by the Venetian school.

1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. III. xvii. ii. §1 We have no designs that are more artist-like.

1890 J. R. Lowell Writings iii. 77 She..by artist-like touches, laid on here and there, Made the whole thing so touching, I frankly declare I have read it all thrice.

1977 Leonardo 10 343/1 Whatever creative, artist-like skills these men possessed have been used in behalf of the growth and profitability of the respective corporations they have served.

1993 Jrnl. Design Hist. 6 231/2 Such a work..required..considerable skill and artist-like feeling in the arrangement of the type.