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  • adjective Befitting a craftsman.

Etymologies

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craftsman +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • So far superior to all pictorial art in respect of truthful representation is that craftsmanly smoothness and productive splendour of the mirror.

    The Defense Apuleius 2008

  • So far superior to all pictorial art in respect of truthful representation is that craftsmanly smoothness and productive splendour of the mirror.

    The Defense Apuleius 2008

  • Like Basquiat, Schnabel's 1996 film about the painter Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Before Night Falls, of 2000, about the exiled Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is first and foremost a crisp, craftsmanly piece of work, stylish to the degree that the material calls for it and always driven by the needs of the story.

    The Nerve and the Will Schwartz, Sanford 2008

  • A second set spun up at that perimeter, very like Uncle Thomas 'craftsmanly constructions, but more organic and alive.

    The Gates Of Sleep Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • A craftsmanly theme's conveyed through functional handles and fixtures shaped like wrenches and screws.

    The Clog 2010

  • A craftsmanly theme's conveyed through functional handles and fixtures shaped like wrenches and screws.

    The Clog 2010

  • A craftsmanly theme's conveyed through functional handles and fixtures shaped like wrenches and screws.

    The Clog 2010

  • "gnostically" laid out; and the plot thickens and presents various sides of itself, like a craftsmanly made and tossed pancake.

    A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century George Saintsbury 1889

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