workmanlike
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- adjective
- /ˈwɜrkˌmænˌlaɪk/
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profesional
- Her name is Connie K. Ho, and she is turning in some fairly workmanlike articles.
- workmanlike job
- workmanlike effort
- workmanlike approach
Examples
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Schwartz, the MEAC's leading rusher, had a workmanlike effort for the Pirates by gaining a game-high 113 yards on 29 carries, including a pair of touchdowns.
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Her writing style is workmanlike, focusing on clarity and precision rather than creativity.
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"This has been a sound, workmanlike year for him... ...much the same as last year.
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I've never seen a more workmanlike team of football players than this team this year.
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Get them to respond to the critics who dismissed the first two albums as workmanlike.
Fiction book (2000) -
"Our guys listened and practiced in a workmanlike fashion last week and this week," Maine coach Jack Cosgrove said.
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My guess is that the Bulldog offense looks workmanlike but effective, and that the first-string defense looks generally effective.
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He is competent, workmanlike; he is not, however, a leading Latinist.
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Virtually every profession distinguishes between the highly intuitive sense of the virtuoso or genius and the competent, workmanlike performance of other professionals.
Academic text (1995) -
As Smith scored his first victory in the series for the team that has hired him full-time for next year, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. rolled to a workmanlike, problem-free sixth-place result to lock up his second straight Nationwide championship.
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Synonyms
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4.3
Calm, practical, and professional in work or meetings
Showing careful skill and good quality like work made by a skilled person who makes things by hand
Antonyms
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Workmanlike comes from the parts workman 'a worker' and -like 'similar to'. Think of a skilled craftsman doing steady, correct work without fancy style; that's why workmanlike means done with skill and care but without creative flair.