Associations to the word «Workmanlike»

Wiktionary

WORKMANLIKE, adjective. Performed with the skill of an artisan or craftsman.
WORKMANLIKE, adjective. Done competently but without flair.

Dictionary definition

WORKMANLIKE, adjective. Worthy of a good workman; "a competent job"; "the book is a workmanlike job with chronology and bibliography and index".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats