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craftsmanlike

adj

Etymology

From craftsman + -like.

  1. inherited from *kraftuz✻ — “strength, power”
  2. inherited from *kraftu✻
  3. inherited from cræft — “strength, skill”
  4. inherited from craft — “strength, skill”
  5. inherited from craft
  6. formed as craftsman — “craft + -s- + -man”
  7. suffixed as craftsmanlike — “craftsman + like”

Definitions

  1. 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 […].

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA