craftsmanlike
adjEtymology From craftsman + -like.
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Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman
- Peter Yates, a craftsmanlike director who is generally at the mercy of his scripts, does a creditable job with a romantic thriller screenplay by former blacklisted writer Walter Bernstein […].1988 March 4, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “The House on Carroll Street”, in Chicago Reader:
- Synonyms
- artisanal, artisanlike