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workmanlike

/ˈwɜː(ɹ)kmənlaɪk/

workmanlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a workman.

Adjective

workmanlike (comparative more workmanlike, superlative most workmanlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a workman.
    • She was dressed in khaki, khaki slacks and khaki shirt, practical and workmanlike.1957, Neville Shute, chapter 3, in On the Beach, New York: William Morrow & Co
  2. Done competently but without flair.
    • In appearance the new 4-4-0s were magnificent engines for the period in which they were built; the boiler, bulging over the typical Drummond splasher, gave the engine a sturdy, workmanlike look, and the blue livery enhanced a picture of sleek, powerful, efficiency.1959 February, A. G. Dunbar, “The "Dunalastair I" 4-4-0s of the Caledonian”, in Trains Illustrated, page 85
    • Even his most matter-of-fact, workmanlike paintings are charged with an entirely personal morbidity.1999, Andrew Graham-Dixon, A History of British Art, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 120
  3. Performed with the skill of an artisan or craftsman.

workmanlike meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

workmanlike in Tamil

வினைப்பண்பமைந்த

workmanlike in Malayalam

competent, efficient, professional
വിദഗ്ദ്ധതൊഴിലാളിക്കനുഗുണമായ, കർമ്മിഷ്ടോചിതമായ, കർമ്മ ദീക്ഷയുള്ള, ജോലിവെെദഗ്ദ്ധ്യമുള്ള, ജോലിസാമർദ്ധ്യം പ്രകടമാക്കുന്ന, പ്രാഗത്ഭ്യമുള്ള

Examples of workmanlike in a sentence

  • Clear, workmanlike prose will do fine, and polishing up the prose is for the second draft.2014, Scott Winfield Sublett, Screenwriting for Neurotics: A Beginner's Guide to Writing a Feature-Length Screenplay from Start to Finish...
  • Isaacson comes from the “his eyes lit up” school of cliched writing, the rest of his prose workmanlike bordering on AI.2023 September 13, Gary Shteyngart, “Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson review – arrested development”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Forms of workmanlike

comparativemore workmanlike
superlativemost workmanlike

Origin of workmanlike

From workman + -like.

Words formed from workmanlike

Questions about workmanlike

What does workmanlike mean?
Workmanlike means resembling or characteristic of a workman.
What is workmanlike in Tamil?
Workmanlike in Tamil is வினைப்பண்பமைந்த. See Workmanlike meaning in Tamil.
How do you use workmanlike in a sentence?
Clear, workmanlike prose will do fine, and polishing up the prose is for the second draft.
What part of speech is workmanlike?
Workmanlike is an adjective.
How do you pronounce workmanlike?
Workmanlike is pronounced /ˈwɜː(ɹ)kmənlaɪk/.

Words near workmanlike in the dictionary

  1. worklooms
  2. workly
  3. workman
  4. workman's comp
  5. workman's compensation
  6. workmanlike
  7. workmanlikeness
  8. workmanliness
  9. workmanly
  10. workmanship
  11. workmanships

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: workmanlike (page history and authors); workmanlike (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); workmanlike (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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